The Viaduct Murder

Ronald Knox (1888 - 1957)

A badly battered corpse is found on the golf links. The first verdict was suicide; but four leisurely gentlemen staying at the country club thought differently, and so did the police. Several times the mystery seems to be solved conclusively; the evidence seems to be complete; but there is a flaw in the logic and the search begins anew. The final explanation proves for the detectives, as for all people, that the obvious things are the best concealed.

The complications and mystery of the narrative will please one class of readers. but another group will be more delighted with the cultured argumentations of the four amateur detectives. In directing their talk, Father Knox shows an amazing of perspicacity (Summary from America Magazine, 1926)

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Paston Oatvile Dormy-House ToddHW
00:23:15
Play 02 In the Rough Shade13
00:15:18
Play 03 Piecing it Together Paul Williams Jr
00:15:12
Play 04 Endless Clues Paul Williams Jr
00:14:47
Play 05 On the Railway purplepudding
00:13:11
Play 06 The Movements of Mr. Davenant James R. Hedrick
00:15:42
Play 07 Carmichael's Account of it Yoganandh T
00:13:04
Play 08 The Inquest, and a Fresh Clue Yoganandh T
00:12:46
Play 09 The Animated Picture James Hutchisson
00:14:04
Play 10 In Which a Book is More Communicative Then a Lady James Hutchisson
00:16:44
Play 11 A Funeral and a Vigil Shade13
00:16:05
Play 12 A Search with Piano Accompaniment tjfria
00:17:44
Play 13 The Man in the Passage tjfria
00:16:35
Play 14 A Chase, Ending with a Surprise tjfria
00:15:08
Play 15 Gordon Takes the Opportunity to Philosophize ToddHW
00:15:21
Play 16 Reeves Promises to do His Best Yoganandh T
00:13:17
Play 17 By Which Train? Yoganandh T
00:12:59
Play 18 The Holmes Method ToddHW
00:15:04
Play 19 Mordaunt Reeves Talks to Himself Nigel Kerr
00:18:11
Play 20 Proof at Last Sagar Patke
00:14:31
Play 21 The Test Sagar Patke
00:13:24
Play 22 In the Fog ToddHW
00:10:05
Play 23 Marryatt Breaks the Pledge Sagar Patke
00:12:33
Play 24 Gordon Offers the Consolation of Philosophy Sagar Patke
00:16:14
Play 25 The Dull Facts Stat51
00:18:17