The Borough Treasurer
Two of the most respected men in a Yorkshire moorland town, a mayor and his business partner, have spent thirty years burying a shared secret from their youth. When a quiet newcomer who knows the truth turns up dead on the moor, suspicion settles close to home, and a visiting barrister sets out to discover what really happened. J. S. Fletcher builds his mystery on the theme of respectability bought with a lie, following blackmail, a second death, and a chain of small-town evasions toward an unhurried solution. First published in 1921, it is a solid example of the Yorkshire crime writing that made him a fixture of the golden-age detective boom. Read it here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.
About the Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was an English journalist and one of the most prolific authors of his generation, credited with well over two hundred books. A Yorkshireman who began in poetry and regional history, he turned to detective fiction in his fifties and won a…
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackmail | 16:49 | |
| 2 | Crime -- and Success | 16:32 | |
| 3 | Murder | 15:37 | |
| 4 | The Pine Wood | 15:19 | |
| 5 | The Cord | 16:33 | |
| 6 | The Mayor | 13:10 | |
| 7 | Night Work | 15:20 | |
| 8 | Retained for the Defense | 17:28 | |
| 9 | Antecedents | 13:15 | |
| 10 | The Hole in the Thatch | 16:03 | |
| 11 | Christopher Pett | 16:33 | |
| 12 | Parential Anxiety | 14:43 | |
| 13 | The Anonymous Letter | 14:48 | |
| 14 | The Sheet of Figures | 15:55 | |
| 15 | One Thing Leads to Another | 13:08 | |
| 16 | The Lonely Moor | 16:03 | |
| 17 | The Medical Opinion | 18:40 | |
| 18 | The Scrap Book | 16:29 | |
| 19 | The Tall Man in Grey Clothes | 15:59 | |
| 20 | At Bay | 18:45 | |
| 21 | The Interrupted Flight | 11:39 | |
| 22 | The Hand in the Darkness | 15:40 | |
| 23 | Comfortable Captivity | 15:46 | |
| 24 | Strict Business Lines | 15:43 | |
| 25 | No Further Evidence | 14:00 | |
| 26 | The Virtues of Suspicion | 14:30 | |
| 27 | Mr. Wraythwaite of Wraye | 14:00 | |
| 28 | Pages from the Past | 12:48 | |
| 29 | Without Thought of Consequences | 9:13 | |
| 30 | Cotherstone | 28:54 | |
| 31 | The Barrister's Fee | 6:41 |
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