ARTHUR TRAIN MYSTERIES: 50+ Legal Thrillers, True Crime Stories & Detective Tales (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Mr. Tutt's Courtroom Intrigue, Detective Tales, and True CrimeBy Arthur Cheney Train
Length65h 49m
About this audiobook
ARTHUR TRAIN MYSTERIES: 50+ Legal Thrillers, True Crime Stories & Detective Tales (Illustrated) gathers the author's courtroom fiction, crime narratives, and detective pieces into a substantial panorama of early twentieth-century American legal imagination. Written in a lucid, urbane style that combines procedural detail with ironic social observation, these works occupy a fertile space between popular mystery, muckraking realism, and the emerging legal thriller. Train's stories are especially notable for their attention to evidentiary nuance, prosecutorial strategy, and the moral ambiguities concealed beneath respectable institutions. Arthur Cheney Train, Harvard-educated lawyer and former assistant district attorney in New York County, drew directly upon professional experience in criminal courts. His legal training and exposure to urban vice, political corruption, forensic practice, and courtroom performance gave his fiction unusual authority. Best known for creating the shrewd and eccentric attorney Ephraim Tutt, Train transformed legal procedure into humane drama, often questioning whether law and justice truly coincide. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the genealogy of legal fiction, classic detective literature, and historically grounded true-crime storytelling. It rewards both casual mystery enthusiasts and scholars of American crime writing with its wit, technical knowledge, and enduring ethical intelligence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length65 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ARTHUR TRAIN MYSTERIES: 50+ Legal Thrillers, True Crime Stories & Detective Tales (Illustrated) (Annotated)
26III
2Introduction
27Her Father’s House
3Historical Context
28Tit, Tat, Tutt
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Black Salmon
5Mr. Tutt Series
30Just At That Age
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6TUTT AND MR. TUTT
31Mr. Tutt Takes The Count
7The Human Element
32Mr. Tutt Goes Fishing
8Mock Hen and Mock Turtle
33Tootle
9Samuel and Delilah
34No Parking
10The Dog Andrew
35Mr. Tutt’s Queerest Case
11Wile Versus Guile
36Novels
12Hepplewhite Tramp
37THE CONFESSIONS OF ARTEMAS QUIBBLE
13Lallapaloosa Limited
38CHAPTER I
14BY ADVICE OF COUNSEL
39CHAPTER II
15The Shyster
40CHAPTER III
16The Kid and the Camel
41CHAPTER IV
17Contempt of Court
42CHAPTER V
18By Advice of Counsel
43CHAPTER VI
19"That Sort of Woman"
44CHAPTER VII
20You're Another!
45CHAPTER VIII
21Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
46CHAPTER IX
22OLD MAN TUTT
47THE BLIND GODDESS
23Jefferson Was Right
48CHAPTER I
24I
49CHAPTER II
25II
50CHAPTER III
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