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The Affair at Flower Acres' is a mystery novel written by Carolyn Wells. The story follows a man named Malcolm Finley, who on the behest of his acquaintance, Douglas Raynor, is staying at his countryside estate, Flower Acres. Finley is puzzled by the request but heeds it anyway-mainly due to the fact that Raynor's wife, Nancy, used to be Finley's lover. Unbeknownst to him, a tragedy is lying in wait that he will be a party to.
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Murder Will In' is a detective novel written by Carolyn Wells. It features her most famous character, Detective Fleming Stone, who in this volume is facing his final case. A high society woman named Alma McCleoud was recently murdered during a party that she held-and it's possible that her husband might have been the culprit behind it.
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Faulkner's Folly' is a mystery-drama novel written by Carolyn Wells. The story unfolds in Faulkner's Folly, which was described as the realized dream of the architect who had been its original owner. It was a perfect example of the type known in England as Georgian and in our own country as Colonial, a style inspired by the Italian disciples of Palladio, and as developed by Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren, it had seemed to James Faulkner to possess...
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Anybody but Anne' is a detective novel written by Carolyn Wells. It follows Detective Fleming Stone as he sets to uncover the culprit behind a murder occuring in a party attended by the who's who of high society. At first glance, the wife of the deceased, Anne, seems to have the greatest reason to commit the murder-but further investigation finds that she may not be the only one with reason to do the crime.
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A Manhattan lawyer turns to master detective Fleming Stone to prove his beautiful neighbor innocent of murder in this classic locked-room mystery 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...
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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...
8) 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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The death of Robert Gleason, a wealthy businessman from Seattle, at first looked like a suicide. He had called his doctor saying that he was shot, and when the doctor arrived at his New York apartment, the door was locked. After breaking down the door, his body was found lying on the floor, a revolver at his side. Yet certain facts argued against a verdict of suicide. Gleason had been shot twice, once shot to the temple, which killed him instantly,...
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As a young lawyer is about to leave his office on the top floor of a Madison Avenue office building, he hears an argument followed by a shot from the office across the hall. But when he goes to investigate he finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him without being seen. However, as is soon discovered, a murder has indeed been committed, that of the banker who owned the building. But who is the murderer?...
11) Patty in Paris
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Sparkling and light. Really pleasant to read. Patty has now finished her education. Her father thinks she should go to some type of finishing school, or perhaps even college, but when her friends invite her to spend a few months in Paris, her father decides that's just as good as higher education!! Then Patty proceeds to have the most splendid time imaginable on the transatlantic voyage, and after arriving in France. (goodreads)
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Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. She was a well known author of children's stories, until she began reading mystery stories written by Anna Katherine Green, and from then on she devoted her writings to puzzling mysteries in a similar vein. A new book by this popular author, and written in her best and most interest-compelling style. Ladybird Lovell, the staying...
13) The Mystery Girl
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John Waring seems to have everything to look forward to. He's just been elected as president of Corinth University, and his engagement has been confirmed to an attractive local widow, who loves him dearly. But then there appears on the scene a beautiful and mysterious young woman who's quite clearly lying about who she is. At sight of her, Waring is clearly more than startled. Later that night he continues to work alone in his study, all doors locked,...
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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.
15) 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,...
16) 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)
17) The Mark of Cain
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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)
18) Patty -- Bride
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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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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...
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