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The Mystery of the Sycamore
Carolyn Wells
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Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a very strange addendum. He then endeavors to convince Mr. Wheeler to endorse his son’s candidacy for governor with a promise of commuting his sentence. In the meantime, Samuel Appleby is murdered in Wheeler’s home. The discovery of the identity of the murderer has many twists and turns filled with love, devotion, gumshoe dialog, and weird circumstances that will delight the listener in a most unusual way.
Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a very strange addendum. He then endeavors to convince Mr. Wheeler to endorse his son’s candidacy for governor with a promise of commuting his sentence. In the meantime, Samuel Appleby is murdered in Wheeler’s home. The discovery of the identity of the murderer has many twists and turns filled with love, devotion, gumshoe dialog, and weird circumstances that will delight the listener in a most unusual way.
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Appleby smiled. “A little crude, Miss Lane. And beside, you couldn’t get him over the line. He’s too accustomed to his limitations to be caught napping, and not even your charms could decoy him over intentionally.”
“Think so? Probably you’re right. Well, suppose I try to work through Maida. If I could persuade Mr. Wheeler that she suffers from the stigma of her father’s incomplete pardon——”
“Yes, that’s it. This thing can’t be accomplished by brutal threats, it must be done by subtle suggestion and convincing hints.”
“That’s my idea,” agreed Keefe. “If . . . Read More
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Although never very taxing, I normally Wells mystery fiction, but this outing was an exception. I had trouble just accepting the absurd conditional pardon and that did influence the rest the of book for me. However the ultimate dissatisfaction was the characters, they all need a good slap.
The plot was very interesting but the story was very straight without any surprises around the corner. In fact after a while it went round in circles and became repetitive. In the beginning I thought I was reading an Agatha Christie. But soon was mistaken. I wish the author had gone a bit deeper and
Sam Appleby, a former Governor of Massachusetts, is paying a visit to Sycamore Ridge. The Connecticut estate of an old political rival - Dan Wheeler. But when Appleby is found dead, three people confess. Can Fleming Stone determine the truth and therefore the guilty party.
An enjoyable mystery
Carolyn Wells was a writer and poet educated in the 19th century who died in 1942, leaving behind a wealth of well-crafted novels as well as poetry. Her character "Fleming Stone," premiere detective, headlines many of her mysteries, which today would be called cozy. Not so cozy was this Mystery of t
Another great installment. I seem to have never enough of A Fleming Stone Mystery series!
Another thrilling mystery by author Carolyn Wells. I have several of her books and love them!
The Mystery of the Sycamore: A Fleming Stone Mystery
by Carolyn Wells
A superb and gripping tale to the set.
Must-read for cozy mystery fans.
Incredibly aggravating. An example of this: a man is shot. The gun is not seen on the lawn or in the rhododendron bushes, so everyone gives up looking for it. It is left among the ferns for three or four days until it finally occurs to someone to search the garden.
Carolyn Wells has created a number of early 20th century mysteries -- some good and some not so much but this one, is really not too bad. She creates a scenario in which a former governor turns to his former protagonist for a favor, and then when he is turned away, shows his true stripes and blackma