Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. This edition offers for the first time one of his last and successful works in a digital format - a compelling story rich in plot twists. An evergreen classic worth rediscovering.
It was early one morning when going down to bathe that Roland Lawson came suddenly upon a grim spectacle—the body of Monsieur Auberge, stabbed to death. Why had this Frenchman been murdered just after his arrival in England? A murder in Paris makes the case more baffling, more mysterious. Detective-Sergeant Perivale collaborates with Pelabos, the French detective, to unravel a singular situation...
Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. This edition offers for the first time one of his last and successful works in a digital format - a compelling story rich in plot twists. An evergreen classic worth rediscovering.
It was early one morning when going down to bathe that Roland Lawson came suddenly upon a grim spectacle—the body of Monsieur Auberge, stabbed to death. Why had this Frenchman been murdered just after his arrival in England? A murder in Paris makes the case more baffling, more mysterious. Detective-Sergeant Perivale collaborates with Pelabos, the French detective, to unravel a singular situation...