The Secret Mark

Roy J. Snell (1878 - 1959)

Student Lucile Tucker works part-time at the library of the large university she attends in Chicago to help pay her tuition. One night, while closing the library for the evening, she glimpses a small child – a girl – in the stacks. Carefully following her, Lucile can’t believe her eyes when the child, unaware that she has been seen, manages to steal a valuable book from the collection and practically disappear from the library right before Lucile’s eyes. This is only the beginning of her search for why this child took this book (and others). Lucile enlists the assistance of her good friend and roommate Florence, a fellow student, to attempt to solve this mystery on her own. She can’t bear the thought of this sweet-faced child being turned over to the police despite her apparent thefts. Enter the world of these college women as they brave the city streets at night in unsavory sections of Chicago on their quest. Who is the elderly man in the crumbling cottage? What is the significance of the ‘mark’ inside the front covers of the books? Has someone been shadowing the women on their search… (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett)

Listeners outside the USA: Roy J. Snell died in 1959. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955).

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 A Mysterious Visitor Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 02 Elusive Shakespeare Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 03 The Gargoyle Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 04 What the Gargoyle Might Tell Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 05 The Papier-Mache Lunch Box Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 06 "One Can Never Tell" Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 07 The Vanishing Portland Chart Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 08 What Was In the Papier-Mache Lunch Box Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 09 Shadowed Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 10 Mysteries of the Sea Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 11 Lucile Shares Her Secret Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 12 The Trial By Fire Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 13 In the Mystery Room at Night Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 14 A Strange Request Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 15 A Strange Journey Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 16 Night Visitors Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 17 A Battle in the Night Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 18 Frank Morrow Joins in the Hunt Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 19 Lucile Solves No Mystery Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 20 "That Was The Man" Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 21 A Theft in the Night Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 22 Many Mysteries Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 23 Inside the Lines Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 24 Secrets Revealed Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 25 Better Days Lee Ann Howlett
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