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The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason

Melville Davisson Post

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .are going on a yacht cruise, by order of your physician, and may not return for some weeks. You must prepare your yacht for a voyage, instruct your men to touch at a certain point on Staten Island, and wait until six o'clock day after to-morrow morning. If you do not come aboard by that time, they are to go to one of the South American ports and remain until further orders. By this means your absence for an indefinite period will be explained. You will go to Nina San Croix in the disguise which you have always used, and from her to the yacht, and by this means step out of your real status and back into it without leaving traces. I will come here to-morrow evening and furnish you with everything that you shall need and give you full and exact instructions in every particular. These details you must execute with the greatest care, as they will be vitally essential to the success of my plan."

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Community Reviews

A ten page introduction describes the characters and setting of the seven short stories originally published in 1894 to 1896. Some are slightly odd or quirky but this book, though a bit outdated, is well worth reading. The stories, especially the first one, “Corpus Delicti”, hold up well for modern

I read the Open Library ebook (Dodo press), note there are a few flaws in this version of the ebook. But. What a treasure. Interesting plot deviations. Legal "détournement" as befits a lawyer-author. Not a true (today) mystery but perhaps in the guise of a twisty tale of outlawry .. I would sure lik

If you like legal short stories, this a classic.Read it many years ago. The book caused a storm when it came out

Sort of an Inverse Perry Mason--Randolph uses his knowledge of the law to help his clients get away with (in one case quite literally) murder. Interesting as a period piece, but that's about it.