The Markenmore Mystery

“Mr. Fletcher is a master of plot, and he never goes beyond the bounds of reason in its procedure and development. He, moreover, can write the English language as a vital means to the end both of narrative and description, and he never fails to show that he is its master. It is therefore a pleasure to read his stories, not merely for their entertaining qualities, but also for the agreeable appeal of their manner and their style.”

—Boston Evening Transcript

THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER [1918]
THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM [1920]
THE PARADISE MYSTERY [1920]
DEAD MEN’S MONEY [1920]
THE ORANGE YELLOW DIAMOND [1921]
THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT [1921]
THE BOROUGH TREASURER [1921]
THE HERAPATH PROPERTY [1921]
SCARHAVEN KEEP [1922]
THE RAYNER-SLADE AMALGAMATION [1922]
RAVENSDENE COURT [1922]
THE MIDDLE OF THINGS [1922]
THE LOST MR. LINTHWAITE [1923]
EXTERIOR TO THE EVIDENCE [1923]
THE MARKENMORE MYSTERY [1923]
THE WOLVES AND THE LAMB [In Preparation]
THE KING VERSUS WARGRAVE [In Preparation]

NEW YORK: ALFRED • A • KNOPF

THE
MARKENMORE
MYSTERY

J. S. FLETCHER

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NEW YORK

ALFRED • A • KNOPF

MCMXXIII

Published September. 1923

Set up, electrotyped, and printed by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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CONTENTS

I	Two Wanderers Return
II	The Butler's Pantry
III	Grey Dawn
IV	Markenmore Hollow
V	Denounced
VI	The Coroner Sits
VII	Mrs. Braxfield Supports
VIII	The Incriminating Letter
IX	The Midnight Meeting
X	The Ring and the Pipe
XI	First Steps
XII	The Dower House
XIII	William Pegge
XIV	Gone
XV	Was It Robbery?
XVI	Family Matters
XVII	Too Late
XVIII	Deep Lane
XIX	Under Pressure
XX	Village Gossip
XXI	Arrest
XXII	Mrs. Braxfield's Move
XXIII	The Professorial Theory
XXIV	The Man Who Could Guess
XXV	The Devil's Grip

CHAPTER I

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