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Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist and author who wrote more than 230 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the leading writers of detective fiction. Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a... Read Full Overview

A special 100th anniversary edition of J.S. Fletcher's best detective novel, recognised as one of the Golden Age's earliest and most successful classic stories.

An unidentified elderly gentleman is found bludgeoned to death in London's Middle Temple,... Read Full Overview

Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction. At age 20, Fletcher... Read Full Overview

When an elderly man's body is found on the steps of chambers in the Midde Temple, one of the Inns of Court, it falls to newspaperman Frank Spargo and Detective-Sergeant Rathbury to solve the crime. The murdered man, for indeed it was murder, was found with no money or identification... Read Full Overview

Spargo lived in Bloomsbury on the west side of Russell Square. Every night and every morning he walked to and from the Watchman office by the same route-Southampton Row Kingsway the Strand Fleet Street. He came to know several faces especially amongst the police; he formed the... Read Full Overview

The Middle Temple Murder is a classic mystery novel written by J. S. Fletcher. The story revolves around the murder of a young woman named Mary Belsize, who is found dead in the Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court in London. The murder is investigated by Inspector James... Read Full Overview

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"The Middle Temple Murder" from J. S. Fletcher. British journalist and author (1863-1935).

The Middle Temple Murder is a classic mystery novel written by J.S. Fletcher. The story revolves around the murder of a young woman named Mary Bannister, who is found dead in the Middle Temple Hall in London. The investigation is led by Inspector James Poole of Scotland Yard,... Read Full Overview

The Middle Temple Murder J.S. Fletcher The body of a man is found on the steps to Middle Temple Lane near London's courts of law, and a journalist and a young lawyer are drawn into the ensuing investigation.

Frank Spargo, a young London journalist in search for a big story, stumbles upon a crime scene in Middle Temple Lane. A porter has found the body of an elderly man on the steps leading to one of the chambers in the Middle Temple. There is nothing at all on the man that can help... Read Full Overview

The body of a man is found on the steps to Middle Temple Lane near London's courts of law, and a journalist and a young lawyer are drawn into the ensuing investigation.

The body of a man is found on the steps to Middle Temple Lane near London's courts of law, and a journalist and a young lawyer are drawn into the ensuing investigation.

The body of a man is found on the steps to Middle Temple Lane near London's courts of law, and a journalist and a young lawyer are drawn into the ensuing investigation.