The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

J. S. Fletcher (1863 - 1935)

Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a hurry, but Allerdyke's mind is elsewhere. When he finally arrives in Hull, he finds his cousin dead in his hotel room and a valuable consignment of jewels missing. Allerdyke's only clue rests with that woman hurrying off to Scotland.(Summary by MaryAnn)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - The Midnight Ride MaryAnn
00:13:44
Play 02 02 - The Dead Man MaryAnn
00:15:54
Play 03 03 - The Shoe Buckle MaryAnn
00:16:54
Play 04 04 - Mr. Franklin Fullaway MaryAnn
00:15:19
Play 05 05 - The Nastirsevitch Jewels MaryAnn
00:14:51
Play 06 06 - The Prima Donna's Portrait MaryAnn
00:16:18
Play 07 07 - The Frantic Impresario MaryAnn
00:15:06
Play 08 08 - The Jewel Box MaryAnn
00:15:33
Play 09 09- The Lady's Maid's Mother MaryAnn
00:15:16
Play 10 10 - The Second Murder MaryAnn
00:15:33
Play 11 11 - The Russian Bank-Notes MaryAnn
00:14:28
Play 12 12 - The Third Murder MaryAnn
00:14:34
Play 13 13 - Ambler Appleyard MaryAnn
00:15:50
Play 14 14 - Fifty Thousand Pounds Reward MaryAnn
00:15:20
Play 15 15 - The Bayswater Boarding-house MaryAnn
00:15:30
Play 16 16 - Mr. Gerald Rayner MaryAnn
00:14:46
Play 17 17 - The Photograph MaryAnn
00:15:58
Play 18 18 - Definite Suspicion MaryAnn
00:16:27
Play 19 19 - The Late Call MaryAnn
00:14:50
Play 20 20 - Number Fifty-three MaryAnn
00:14:58
Play 21 21 - The Young Man who Led Pugs MaryAnn
00:15:06
Play 22 22 - Thick Fog MaryAnn
00:15:30
Play 23 23 - The Possible Death Warrant MaryAnn
00:16:03
Play 24 24 - Concerning Carl Federman MaryAnn
00:16:13
Play 25 25 - The Card on the Door MaryAnn
00:14:50
Play 26 26 - Participant in the Secret MaryAnn
00:17:00
Play 27 27 - The Millionaire, the Stranger, and the Princess MaryAnn
00:15:42
Play 28 28 - The First Pursuit MaryAnn
00:15:18
Play 29 29 - The Parcel from Hull MaryAnn
00:15:32
Play 30 30 - The Packet in the Safe MaryAnn
00:15:16
Play 31 31 - The Hyde Park Tea-house MaryAnn
00:14:25
Play 32 32 - The Chilverton Anti-Climax MaryAnn
00:09:45
Play 33 33 - The Smart Miss Slade MaryAnn
00:21:59
Play 34 34 - Merrifield Explains MaryAnn
00:11:22
Play 35 35 - The Allerdyke Way MaryAnn
00:08:51