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The Talleyrand Maxim

First published: 1920
Pages: 186

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Death brings Opportunity
18:58
In Trust
16:26
The Shop-Boy
15:54
The Fortunate Possessors
16:28
Point Blank
17:37
The Unexpected
16:30
The Supreme Inducement
12:04
Terms
14:09
Until Next Spring
13:16
The Foot-Bridge
16:08
The Prevalent Atmosphere
16:44
The Power of Attorney
16:34
The First Trick
13:53
Cards on the Table
14:38
Pratt offers a Hand
14:33
A Headquarters Conference
14:33
Advertisement
15:25
The Confiding Landlord
14:17
The Eye Witness
14:07
The Green Man
13:09
The Direct Charge
14:48
The Cat's Paw
14:08
Smooth Face and Anxious Brain
11:25
The Better Half
15:29
Dry Sherry
12:03
The Telephone Message
10:02
Restored to Energy
11:27
The Woman in Black
21:37

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About this book

A sharp, ambitious solicitor's clerk named Linford Pratt lives by a cynical rule borrowed from Talleyrand: that a cool head and a ready lie can turn any chance to advantage. When a wealthy Yorkshire manufacturer dies and Pratt learns of a suppressed will that would redirect a fortune, he sees the opening of his life and sets about bending other people's secrets to his own profit. J. S. Fletcher makes the schemer rather than a detective his center here, following greed, blackmail, and quiet manipulation toward a reckoning. First published in 1919, it mixes crime with character study in the brisk Yorkshire manner that made him one of the era's bestselling storytellers. Read it here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.

About the author

J. S. Fletcher

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 wide readership on both sides of the Atlantic.