Murder in the Maze
On a hot afternoon the wealthy Shandon twins, Roger and Neville, are found dead at the heart of a great hedge maze, each struck down by a poisoned dart. With two nearly identical victims and a killer who could vanish among the winding paths, the case baffles everyone until Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield takes charge, aided by his genial friend Squire Wendover. This was the first of Connington’s Driffield mysteries, and it shows the author, a working chemist in real life, delighting in the practical detail of poisons, alibis, and physical clues. Ingenious and briskly plotted, it is a fine example of Golden Age detective fiction. Read it free in this PDF and EPUB edition.
About the Author
J. J. Connington was the pen name of Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947), a Scottish chemist who taught at Queen’s University Belfast and published scholarly work on atomic theory. He is best remembered for his detective fiction, though he also produced this early venture into science…
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Murder in the Maze (1927) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hackleton Case | 32:20 | |
| 2 | The Affair In The Maze | 28:41 | |
| 3 | The Immediate Results | 16:33 | |
| 4 | The Chief Constable | 19:15 | |
| 5 | The Evidence In The Case | 27:50 | |
| 6 | The Toxicologist | 18:34 | |
| 7 | The Pot Of Curare | 19:32 | |
| 8 | The Dart | 16:26 | |
| 9 | Opportunity, Method and Motive | 22:17 | |
| 10 | The Burglary At Whistlefield | 21:46 | |
| 11 | The Third Attack In The Maze | 32:10 | |
| 12 | The Squire's Theories | 29:21 | |
| 13 | The Fourth Attack | 25:56 | |
| 14 | The Forged Cheque | 13:18 | |
| 15 | The Secretary's Affairs | 14:53 | |
| 16 | The Last Attack In The Maze | 22:49 | |
| 17 | The Siege Of The Maze | 27:26 | |
| 18 | The Truth of the Matter | 44:00 |
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