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The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley

by Louis Tracy

First published: 1919
Pages: 252

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01 - The Water Nymphs
31:15
02 - "Who Hath Done This Thing?"
34:19
03 - The Hounds
34:02
04 - Breaking Cover
33:36
05 - A Family Gathering
39:39
06 - Wherein Furneaux Seeks Inspiration
38:03
07 - Some Side Issues
40:17
08 - Coincidences
37:16
09 - Wherein an Artist Becomes a Man of Action
41:56
10 - Furneaux States Some Facts
37:56
11 - Some Preliminary Skirmishing
30:10
12 - Wherein Scotland Yard is Wined and Dined
29:37
13 - Close Quarters
35:49
14 - The Spreading of the Net
35:28
15 - Some Stage Effects
32:56
16 - The Close of a Tragedy
31:28
17 - The Settlement
25:37

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About this book

Louis Tracy sets his puzzle on a summer morning in Hertfordshire, where an artist has come to paint an Elizabethan mansion before a projected railway spoils the view. John Trenholme is on the estate's public right of way when he hears the shot that kills Mortimer Fenley, a private banker, on his own doorstep. Scotland Yard sends Superintendent James Leander Winter and Inspector Charles Francois Furneaux, known there as the Big 'Un and the Little 'Un, into a household thick with motive: two sons who cannot stand each other, both drawn to their father's young ward, an invalid wife who never leaves the house, and a theft of securities at the bank. The shot came from a wood across the park, yet the likeliest suspect stood indoors when it was fired. Two mismatched detectives argue their way toward one answer.

About the author

Louis Tracy

Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was an English journalist and novelist who wrote many popular mysteries and romantic adventures, sometimes in collaboration under shared pen names.