The Clue
The Clue is a detective novel by Carolyn Wells, published in 1909, and one of the early cases of her gentlemanly investigator Fleming Stone. At a grand country house on the eve of a society wedding, the bride-to-be is found murdered, and the assembled guests and family each seem to hide a secret. When the local efforts flounder, the quiet and observant Fleming Stone is called in to read the small clues that others have missed and to name the guilty among the respectable. Wells was one of the most popular mystery writers of her time, and the book is a neat example of the classic house-party puzzle that would flourish in the golden age to come. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.
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Listen to The Clue by Carolyn Wells free online. The full audiobook (8 hr 2 min, 24 chapters, read by Roger Melin) streams free on this page.
The Clue (1909) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Van Normans | 20:04 | |
| 2 | Miss Morton Arrives | 21:15 | |
| 3 | A Cry in the Night | 19:13 | |
| 4 | Suicide or ----? | 20:44 | |
| 5 | A Case for the Coroner | 21:32 | |
| 6 | Fessenden Comes | 21:37 | |
| 7 | Mr. Benson's Questions | 18:37 | |
| 8 | A Soft Lead Pencil | 21:36 | |
| 9 | The Will | 18:39 | |
| 10 | Some Testimony | 20:45 | |
| 11 | 'I Decline to Say' | 18:18 | |
| 12 | Dorothy Burt | 18:55 | |
| 13 | An Interview With Cicely | 21:47 | |
| 14 | The Carleton Household | 19:56 | |
| 15 | Fessenden's Detective Work | 20:34 | |
| 16 | Searching for Clues | 20:12 | |
| 17 | Miss Morton's Statements | 19:08 | |
| 18 | Carleton is Frank | 22:38 | |
| 19 | The Truth About Miss Burt | 19:32 | |
| 20 | Cicely's Flight | 20:07 | |
| 21 | A Successful Pursuit | 17:57 | |
| 22 | A Talk With Miss Morton | 16:36 | |
| 23 | Fleming Stone | 18:47 | |
| 24 | A Confession | 23:27 |
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