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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

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

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

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

A classic detective novel set in London's legal district, featuring Inspector Corfield and amateur sleuth Humphrey Wynne.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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As a rule, Spargo left the Watchman office at two o'clock. The paper had then gone to press. There was nothing for him, recently promoted to a sub-editorship, to do after he had passed the column for which he was responsible; as a matter of fact he could have gone home before... Read Full Overview

The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawyer start investigating. - This classic English murder mystery was written by J.S. Fletcher, himself a lawyer turned journalist and author... Read Full Overview

As a rule, Spargo left the Watchman office at two o'clock. The paper had then gone to press. There was nothing for him, recently promoted to a sub-editorship, to do after he had passed the column for which he was responsible; as a matter of fact he could have gone home before... Read Full Overview

The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher a murder mystery from one of the most prolific detective fiction writers, a contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle.......... Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than... Read Full Overview

Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".

Frank Spargo, a young newspaperman, comes upon a murder scene in the early hours of the morning in Middle Temple Lane, London. The victim has no identification, only a piece of paper with the name of a young barrister, Ronald Breton. Spargo, together with Breton and DI Rathbury... Read Full Overview

The Middle Temple Murder

A classic detective novel set in London's legal district, featuring Inspector Corfield and amateur sleuth Humphrey Wynne.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This... Read Full Overview

"The Middle Temple Murder" is a captivating novel written by J.S. Fletcher, a prominent British author of detective fiction. The story revolves around a shocking murder that takes place in the esteemed Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court in London. When a body is discovered,... Read Full Overview