Malcolm Sage, Detective (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Edwardian Detective Stories of Clue-Driven Cases, Holmesian Deduction, Wit, Disguise, and London IntrigueBy Herbert George Jenkins
Length7h 51m
About this audiobook
Malcolm Sage, Detective gathers a sequence of ingenious short mysteries centred on the cool, ascetic private investigator Malcolm Sage, whose wartime intelligence experience has sharpened his gift for inference. Written in the transitional moment between late Victorian detection and the Golden Age puzzle story, the book combines Holmesian observation with brisk Edwardian comedy, crisp dialogue, and carefully staged problems of motive, alibi, and disguise. Its pleasures lie less in melodrama than in Sage's disciplined method and Jenkins's light, urbane narrative control. Herbert George Jenkins was both a successful novelist and an important London publisher, best known for his comic Bindle books and for founding the firm that published writers such as P. G. Wodehouse. His familiarity with popular taste, periodical fiction, and the mechanics of entertaining prose clearly informs this volume. Jenkins brought to detective fiction a publisher's instinct for pace and a humorist's ear for social absurdity, creating a sleuth at once cerebral, reserved, and quietly theatrical. This book is recommended to readers interested in the evolution of British detective fiction, especially those who enjoy concise, clue-driven stories with wit rather than sensationalism. Admirers of Sherlock Holmes, early Golden Age mysteries, and polished interwar prose will find Malcolm Sage a rewarding and historically revealing figure.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length7 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I SIR JOHN DENE RECEIVES HIS ORDERS
3II
4CHAPTER II THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. CHALLONER
5II
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6CHAPTER III MALCOLM SAGE'S MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS
7II
8CHAPTER IV THE SURREY CATTLE-MAIMING MYSTERY
9II
10CHAPTER V INSPECTOR WENSDALE IS SURPRISED
11II
12III
13CHAPTER VI THE STOLEN ADMIRALTY MEMORANDUM
14II
15III
16CHAPTER VII THE OUTRAGE AT THE GARAGE
17CHAPTER VIII GLADYS NORMAN DINES WITH THOMPSON
18II
19CHAPTER IX THE HOLDING UP OF LADY GLANEDALE
20CHAPTER X A LESSON IN DEDUCTION
21II
22CHAPTER XI THE MCMURRAY MYSTERY
23II
24CHAPTER XII THE MARMALADE CLUE
25II
26CHAPTER XIII THE GYLSTON SLANDER
27CHAPTER XIV MALCOLM SAGE PLAYS PATIENCE
28II
29III
30CHAPTER XV THE MISSING HEAVYWEIGHT
31II
32CHAPTER XVI THE GREAT FIGHT AT THE OLYMPIA
33II
34CHAPTER XVII LADY DENE CALLS ON MALCOLM SAGE
35Memorable Quotes
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