Carolyn Wells
1) The Clue
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An heiress has been murdered, and only Fleming Stone can see the vital evidence Madeleine Van Norman is the most eligible young woman in the state, a beautiful young lady who is soon to come into her fortune. From her countless suitors, she makes a peculiar choice, agreeing to marry a stuffy man who loves someone else. On the eve of the wedding, Madeleine shuts herself away in a locked room to think about what she is about to do-and in the morning,...
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A young heiress learns of the death of her uncle and is determined to find out who is the murderer. Carolyn Wells inspires and entertains with her classical mystery masterpiece, the Mark of Cain, guaranteed to feed the mystery monster that craves suspense! (goodreads)
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He must be a fool indeed who cannot at times play the fool, and he who does not enjoy nonsense must be lacking in sense.-William J. Rolfe. Excerpt: "On a topographical map of Literature Nonsense would be represented by a small and sparsely settled country, neglected by the average tourist, but affording keen delight to the few enlightened travellers who sojourn within its borders. It is a field which has been neglected by anthologists and essayists,...
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At the close of that wonderful summer on her Grandmother's farm, 12-year-old Marjorie came home to Rockwell and the happy quartette of the Maynard family, reunited once more, had many a new game together. And then came school days. Before we know it along comes Halloween with a beautiful party, and then we learn of the strange activities of the Village Imp. Society with its anonymous messages to the village property owners. Thanksgiving Time brings...
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Book 50 in the Detective Club Crime Classics series is Carolyn Wells' Murder in the Bookshop, a classic locked room murder mystery which will have a special resonance for lovers and collectors of Golden Age detective fiction. Includes a bonus murder story: 'The Shakespeare Title-Page Mystery'. When Philip Balfour is found murdered in a New York bookstore, the number one suspect is his librarian, a man who has coveted Balfour's widow. But when the...
6) The Gold Bag
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A detective investigating the murder of a millionaire teams up with master sleuth Fleming Stone in this clever mystery from a pioneer of American crime fiction Eager to prove himself as talented a crime-solver as his hero, the famous investigator Fleming Stone, young detective Herbert Burroughs takes on a puzzling case: the murder of wealthy businessman Joseph Crawford, who was killed in the study of his New Jersey home. With no shortage of suspects,...
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The second collection of Carolyn Wells work presents several mysteries, a non-fiction study of the art of the detective story, and a good selection of her young adult series novels. Included are:
A CAROLYN WELLS BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE DEEP LAKE MYSTERY
FACE CARDS (1925)
THE TECHNIQUE OF THE MYSTERY STORY (1913)
PTOMAINE STREET (1920)
THE STAYING GUEST (1904)
MARJORIE'S VACATION (1907)
MARJORIE'S BUSY DAYS (1908)
MARJORIE'S NEW FRIEND (1909)
MARJORIE'S...
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War comes to Patty Fairfield. Also she's engaged. The spy mystery is a bit more clever than one usually sees in a series not built around that concept. All ends happily and her final stray beau finally accepts that he isn't going to edge out her chosen one. (goodreads)
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Carolyn Wells was an American author of mysteries, verse, humor, and children's books. In 1910 she decided to devote herself to mysteries and became an early master of the genre, creating two memorable sleuths: Pennington Wise and Fleming Stone. Earlier in her career, she penned two humorous stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and a plethora of other great detectives, both of which are included here.
Sherlock Holmes mysteries:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE...
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A respectable young attorney in New York City, Otis Landon has barely settled into his new living quarters when an incident occurs in a neighboring apartment that he cannot, in good conscience, ignore. Robert Pembroke, a vicious, miserly man, has been murdered behind locked doors. The only people who had access to the victim were his servant and his niece. The latter, Miss Janet Pembroke, seems the suspect most likely to have eliminated her uncle...
11) The Come Back
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After his son, Peter, is lost and presumed dead in the wilds of the Labrador coast, Benjamin Crane turns to spiritualism for solace and comfort. So profound is his belief in the medium, that he writes a successful book about his experiences. But when one of his son's companions on the ill-fated expedition is poisoned, at least some of those surrounding him begin to question the honesty of the medium, Madame Parlato. To find the murderer, the famous...
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Wealthy, eccentric, inveterate practical jokester Ursula Pell has often reminded her live-in niece Iris Clyde that when she dies, Iris will inherit a beautiful diamond pin. Iris has no reason to doubt her aunt, since it is known that Mrs. Pell has a secret cache of jewels that, presumably, her few heirs will inherit. (goodreads)
13) Raspberry Jam
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Raspberry Jam is a classic locked-room whodunit featuring Detective Fleming Stone and is widely considered to be one of the best of the Fleming Stone Mysteries. Millionaire Sanford Embury is found dead in bed, alone, with the door of his second-story bedroom bolted shut from the inside. He was known to be a controlling husband, refusing to give his pretty young wife an allowance of cash or her own checking account. Was his wife a party to the murder,...
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The Technique of the Mystery Story (1914) is a book by Carolyn Wells. Before she began writing her Detective Fleming Stone series of mystery novels, Carolyn Wells was a published poet, accomplished children's author, and professional jingle writer. In the middle of her career, she heard a mystery story by Anna Katharine Green and was instantly hooked. Through years of practice and attention to the craft, she earned a reputation as a leading fiction...
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A high-class soiree turns deadly in this classic mystery featuring the ingenious investigator Fleming Stone Phillip Maxwell has a rare gift for hosting parties. He fills his spacious estate with a wide range of lively, personable, and attractive revelers, ever the guarantee of a fine time for all. But his latest fete is interrupted when a bullet abruptly and permanently curtails the festivities. The murder weapon is quickly located in the hand of...
17) Patty at Home
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In this sequel to "Patty Fairfield", she sets up housekeeping for her father and sometimes succeeds, sometimes makes a mess of things. A small amount of "household management by example (good and bad)" didacticism goes down smoothly. I enjoyed a couple clever, funny scenes involving the servants, but this is otherwise significantly weaker than the first. (goodreads)
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If you like Golden Age locked room mysteries this is a good one! „Deep Lake Mystery" (1928) by Carolyn Wells, author of „The Clue", is set in the lake region of Wisconsin. Our narrator Gray Norris is invited to join his old friend, the detective Keeley Moore, and his new wife at their vacation cottage at Deep Lake, Wisconsin for a relaxing month of fishing, swimming, boating, and just getting away from the hustle and bustle of the East Coast....
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Excerpt: "Quixotic is his enterprise and hopeless his adventure is, who seeks for jocularities that haven't yet been said, The world has joked incessantly for over fifty centuries, And every joke that's possible has long ago been made. I started as a humourist with lots of mental fizziness, But humour is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse, For my stock-in-trade, my fixtures and the good-will of the business No reasonable offer I am likely to refuse....
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Patty makes friends in England, and helps some of them find a lost family fortune. This is the 6th book in the series of Patty books. This one has Patty living in England for the summer, and there are two story lines. The first is her acquaintance with Lady Hamilton, and her trying to reconcile her with her estranged father. The 2nd is in the summer home of Cromarty Manor and trying to find their hidden treasure, so they can restore their English...