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The Talleyrand Maxim

by J. S. Fletcher

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First published
1920
Pages
186
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Read by Kevin Green · 6 h 56 min · 28 parts

  1. Death brings Opportunity

    18:58

  2. In Trust

    16:26

  3. The Shop-Boy

    15:54

  4. The Fortunate Possessors

    16:28

  5. Point Blank

    17:37

  6. The Unexpected

    16:30

  7. The Supreme Inducement

    12:04

  8. Terms

    14:09

  9. Until Next Spring

    13:16

  10. The Foot-Bridge

    16:08

  11. The Prevalent Atmosphere

    16:44

  12. The Power of Attorney

    16:34

  13. The First Trick

    13:53

  14. Cards on the Table

    14:38

  15. Pratt offers a Hand

    14:33

  16. A Headquarters Conference

    14:33

  17. Advertisement

    15:25

  18. The Confiding Landlord

    14:17

  19. The Eye Witness

    14:07

  20. The Green Man

    13:09

  21. The Direct Charge

    14:48

  22. The Cat's Paw

    14:08

  23. Smooth Face and Anxious Brain

    11:25

  24. The Better Half

    15:29

  25. Dry Sherry

    12:03

  26. The Telephone Message

    10:02

  27. Restored to Energy

    11:27

  28. The Woman in Black

    21:37

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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.

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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.

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Book facts

First published
1920
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
186
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Kevin Green