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Dead Men's Money

J. S. Fletcher

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This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems…
y questions?" he inquired.

"Yes," said the solicitor. He turned to Mr. Ridley. "You heard what the witness Hugh Moneylaws said?—that Gilverthwaite mentioned on his coming to Berwick that he had kinsfolk buried in the neighbourhood? You did? Well, Mr. Ridley, do you know if there are people of that name buried in your churchyard?"

"There are not," replied Mr. Ridley promptly. "What is more, the name Gilverthwaite does not occur in our parish registers. I have a complete index of the registers from 1580, when they began to be kept, and there is no such name in it. I can also tell you this," he added, "I am, I think I may say, something of an authority on the parish registers of this district—I have prepared and edited several of them for publication, and I am familiar with most of them. I do not think that name, Gilverthwaite, occurs in any of them."

"What do you deduce from that, now?" asked the solicitor.

"That whatever it was that the man was searching for—and I am sure he was searching—it was not for particulars of his father's family," answered Mr. Ridley. "That is, of course, if his name really was what he gave it out to be—Gilverthwaite."

"Precisely!" said the coroner. "It may have been an assumed name."

"The man may have been searching for particulars of his mother's family," remarked the solicitor.

"That line of thought would carry us too far afield just now," said the coroner. He turned to the jury. "I've allowed this evidence about the man Gilverthwaite, gentlemen," he said, "because it's very evident that Gilverthwaite came to this neighbourhood for some special purpose and wanted to get some particular information; and it's more than probable that the man into the circumstances of whose death we're inquiring was concerned with him in his purpose. But we cannot go any further today,

George 09/15/2022
A 1920 rural England mystery told in the first person recalling the events from 10 years ago. A strange lodger in Hugh's mother's boardinghouse sends 21 year old Hugh to meet a man at 11 PM, because the lodger is too ill to go himself. Upon arriving, Hugh finds a man murdered, and upon returning fin
Olivia 08/02/2021
Enjoyable read, perfect for the elliptical trainer! I wish the ending would have said a bit more about how Hugh's life worked out...but I think I always feel like that about books - you enter into someone's life, and then I have a hard time exiting it!
Allison 03/19/2021
A nicely complicated mystery but the foreshadowing felt heavy handed and the conclusion is rushed.
Julia 06/27/2016
Another fast-paced murder mystery by J.S. Fletcher. It was first published in 1920, and has just the right stock of truly good characters, balanced by a couple of nasties. A young apprentice solicitor in a rural English town bordering Scotland, is riding his bike through lonely stretches of countrys
Pamela 09/09/2014
Another quiet little cozy from Fletcher. His books always deliver good characters, a couple of well handled twists, and nice quiet plot. No blood. No gore. No sex. Perfect as a "palate cleanser" after a week spent immersed in modern and classic noir.

Every time I finish one of his books, I ask the s

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