DETECTIVE FLEMING STONE Complete Series: 17 Mystery Classics in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Seventeen classic whodunits featuring Fleming Stone's ingenious American sleuthingBy Carolyn Wells
Length126h 30m
About this audiobook
DETECTIVE FLEMING STONE Complete Series gathers seventeen examples of early twentieth-century American detective fiction, centered on Wells's urbane investigator whose method blends psychological observation, social tact, and classical clue-reading. These mysteries move through drawing rooms, estates, theatrical circles, and fashionable households, transforming genteel society into a stage for deception. Written in a polished, brisk style, they belong to the Golden Age's formative years, when puzzle construction, misdirection, and the cultivated amateur-detective figure were being refined. Carolyn Wells was a prolific American writer, poet, humorist, and anthologist whose career ranged from children's verse to sophisticated mysteries. Her wide literary experience helps explain the series' elegance: she understood comic timing, verbal wit, and the architecture of suspense. Writing during a period when detective fiction was gaining respectability, Wells contributed a distinctly American refinement to the genre, balancing entertainment with formal ingenuity. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the evolution of mystery fiction, especially those who admire clever plotting, period atmosphere, and detectives who solve crimes through intellect rather than force. It offers both pleasurable immersion and historical value, revealing how Wells helped shape the conventions that later classic crime writers would inherit.
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
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (10)
Includes Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length126 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 27, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1DETECTIVE FLEMING STONE Complete Series: 17 Mystery Classics in One Volume (Annotated)
26XXI. A Successful Pursuit
2Introduction
27XXII. A Talk With Miss Morton
3Historical Context
28XXIII. Fleming Stone
4Synopsis (Selection)
29XXIV. A Confession
5THE CLUE
30THE GOLD BAG
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6I. The Van Normans
31I. The Crime in West Sedgwick
7II. Miss Morton Arrives
32II. The Crawford House
8III. A Cry in the Night
33III. The Coroner’s Jury
9IV. Suicide Or—?
34IV. The Inquest
10V. A Case for the Coroner
35V. Florence Lloyd
11VI. Fessenden Comes
36VI. The Gold Bag
12VII. Mr. Benson's Questions
37VII. Yellow Roses
13VIII. A Soft Lead Pencil
38VIII. Further Inquiry
14IX. The Will
39IX. The Twelfth Rose
15X. Some Testimony
40X. The Will
16XI. “I Decline to Say”
41XI. Louis's Story
17XII. Dorothy Burt
42XII. Louis's Confession
18XIII. An Interview With Cicely
43XIII. Miss Lloyd's Confidence
19XIV. The Carleton Household
44XIV. Mr. Porter's Views
20XV. Fessenden's Detective Work
45XV. The Photograph Explained
21XVI. Searching for Clues
46XVI. A Call on Mrs. Purvis
22XVII. Miss Morton's Statements
47XVII. The Owner of the Gold Bag
23XVIII. Carleton Is Frank
48XVIII. In Mr. Goodrich's Office
24XIX. The Truth About Miss Burt
49XIX. The Midnight Train
25XX. Cicely's Flight
50XX. Fleming Stone
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