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The Viaduct Murder

by Ronald A. Knox

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1925
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  1. The Paston Oatvile Dormy-House

    23:15

  2. In the Rough

    15:18

  3. Piecing it Together

    15:12

  4. Endless Clues

    14:47

  5. On the Railway

    13:11

  6. The Movements of Mr. Davenant

    15:42

  7. Carmichael's Account of it

    13:04

  8. The Inquest, and a Fresh Clue

    12:46

  9. The Animated Picture

    14:04

  10. In Which a Book is More Communicative Then a Lady

    16:44

  11. A Funeral and a Vigil

    16:05

  12. A Search with Piano Accompaniment

    17:44

  13. The Man in the Passage

    16:35

  14. A Chase, Ending with a Surprise

    15:08

  15. Gordon Takes the Opportunity to Philosophize

    15:21

  16. Reeves Promises to do His Best

    13:17

  17. By Which Train?

    12:59

  18. The Holmes Method

    15:04

  19. Mordaunt Reeves Talks to Himself

    18:11

  20. Proof at Last

    14:31

  21. The Test

    13:24

  22. In the Fog

    10:05

  23. Marryatt Breaks the Pledge

    12:33

  24. Gordon Offers the Consolation of Philosophy

    16:14

  25. The Dull Facts

    18:17

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When a body is discovered on the golf links near a country dormy-house, four middle-aged clubmen decide to try their hand at detection, and Knox turns their eager amateur theorizing into a sly comedy of errors. Mordaunt Reeves and his companions reconstruct the crime, quarrel over rival solutions, and repeatedly mistake their own cleverness for proof. First published in 1925, this was Knox's debut in the genre he loved and gently mocked, written while he was also codifying the rules of fair-play detective fiction. The result reads as both a genuine puzzle and a knowing send-up of the armchair sleuth. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.

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Ronald A. Knox

Ronald A. Knox (1888-1957) was an English priest, theologian, and satirist who became a leading figure of Golden Age detective fiction. A founder of the Detection Club, he wrote the tongue-in-cheek Ten Commandments of crime writing and several mysteries featuring the insurance sleuth Miles Bredon.

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First published
1925
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
164
Language
English
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PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
ToddHW, Yoganandh T, Sagar Patke and others