The Layton Court Mystery
- First published
- 1925
- Pages
- 199
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Chapter 1: Eight O'clock in the Morning
17:48 -
Chapter 2: An Interrupted Breakfast
19:14 -
Chapter 3: Mr Sheringham is Puzzled
20:47 -
Chapter 4: Mr Sheringham is Reluctant
17:14 -
Chapter 5: Mr Sheringham Asks a Question
17:06 -
Chapter 6: Four People Behave Remarkably
17:18 -
Chapter 7: The Vase That Wasn’t
19:44 -
Chapter 8: Mr Sheringham Becomes Startling
13:10 -
Chapter 9: Mr Sheringham Sees Visions
21:31 -
Chapter 10: Mrs Plant is Apprehensive
15:34 -
Chapter 11: Mrs Stanworth Exchanges Glances
16:15 -
Chapter 12: Hidden Chambers and What-Nots
14:01 -
Chapter 13: Mr Sheringham Investigates a Footprint
18:15 -
Chapter 14: Dirty Work at the Ash Pit
18:16 -
Chapter 15: Mr Sheringham Amuses an Ancient Rustic
15:14 -
Chapter 16: Mr. Sheringham Lectures on Neo-Platonism
15:31 -
Chapter 17: Mr. Grierson Becomes Heated
17:45 -
Chapter 18: What the Settee had to Tell
13:49 -
Chapter 19: Mr, Sheringham Loses and Wins the Same Bet
18:56 -
Chapter 20: Mrs. Plant Proves Disappointing
15:40 -
Chapter 21: Mr. Sheringham is Dramatic
21:02 -
Chapter 22: Mr. Sheringham Solves the Mystery
16:11 -
Chapter 23: Mrs. Plant Talks
18:22 -
Chapter 24: Mr. Sheringham is Disconcerted
13:38 -
Chapter 25: The Mystery Finally Refuses to Accept Mr. Sheringham's Solution
15:49 -
Chapter 26: Mr. Grierson Tries His Hand
14:31 -
Chapter 27: Mr. Sheringham Hits the Mark
14:07 -
Chapter 28: What Really Did Happen
23:33
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About this book
Anthony Berkeley opened his crime-writing career with this 1925 country-house puzzle, the first case for his amateur detective Roger Sheringham. When the wealthy Victor Stanworth is found shot in the locked library of Layton Court, the household is ready to call it death. Sheringham, a house guest with a novelist's curiosity and a habit of talking too much, is not. With his young friend Alec Grierson trailing along, he picks at alibis and physical clues until the tidy explanation falls apart. Berkeley first published it anonymously, and much of its charm lies in a detective who guesses wrong as often as right, a sly rebuke to the infallible sleuths then in fashion.
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Book facts
- Author
- Anthony Berkeley
- First published
- 1925
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Amateur Sleuth
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Anne Erickson