That Mainwaring Affair (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Legal ThrillerBy Anna Maynard Barbour
Length12h 4m
About this audiobook
Anna Maynard Barbour's That Mainwaring Affair is a finely plotted mystery of inheritance, murder, concealed identity, and social ambition. Centered on the death of the wealthy Hugh Mainwaring and the contested disposition of his estate, the novel combines the legal puzzle with the sensation novel's fascination with family secrets. Its style is lucid, deliberate, and richly procedural, moving through testimony, suspicion, and revelation with the confidence of late Victorian and Edwardian detective fiction, while retaining the moral drama of domestic romance. Barbour was an American novelist writing at a moment when popular fiction was absorbing the methods of detection, courtroom inquiry, and psychological suspense. Her work reflects an era preoccupied with property, legitimacy, reputation, and the instability of social appearances. That Mainwaring Affair suggests an author alert to both the pleasures of intricate plotting and the anxieties produced by wealth, lineage, and transatlantic modernity. This novel is recommended to readers who enjoy classic mystery fiction that privileges atmosphere, structure, and gradual disclosure over sensational excess. Admirers of Wilkie Collins, early detective narratives, and inheritance plots will find in Barbour's work an engaging and intelligent example of American popular fiction at the turn of the century.
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Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (70)
Includes Goodreads
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length12 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 7, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1EUGÉNE VALMONT & SHERLAW KOMBS: THE SUPER SLEUTHS (Mystery Classics Series) (Annotated)
2CHAPTER I THE MAINWARINGS
3CHAPTER II FAIR OAKS
4CHAPTER III THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HUGH MAINWARING
5CHAPTER IV A TERRIBLE AWAKENING
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6CHAPTER V IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
7CHAPTER VI THE INQUEST
8CHAPTER VII A LITTLE ROYAL
9CHAPTER VIII THE WEAVING OF THE WEB
10CHAPTER IX TANGLED THREADS
11CHAPTER X BEHIND THE SCENES
12CHAPTER XI SKIRMISHING
13CHAPTER XII X-RAYS
14CHAPTER XIII THEORIES, WISE AND OTHERWISE
15CHAPTER XIV THE EXIT OF SCOTT, THE SECRETARY
16CHAPTER XV MUTUAL SURPRISES
17CHAPTER XVI MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS
18CHAPTER XVII LOVE FINDS A WAY
19CHAPTER XVIII AN UNFORESEEN FOE
20CHAPTER XIX MUTUAL RECOGNITIONS
21CHAPTER XX OPENING FIRE
22CHAPTER XXI THE LAST THROW
23CHAPTER XXII SECESSION IN THE RANKS
24CHAPTER XXIII FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
25CHAPTER XXIV BETWEEN THE ACTS
26CHAPTER XXV RUN TO COVER
27CHAPTER XXVI MAINWARING VS. MAINWARING
28CHAPTER XXVII THE SILENT WITNESS
29Memorable Quotes
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