The Paradise Mystery (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. Small-town gossip and guardian secrets amid thirteenth-century cathedral shadows, with a doctor's assistant sleuth in a Golden Age whodunit.By J. S. Fletcher
Length3h 17m
About this audiobook
In The Paradise Mystery, Fletcher disturbs the Edenic quarter called Paradise in a quiet English town when a suspicious death reveals buried bargains and old grievances. The case proceeds by patient accumulation of verifiable particulars—ledgers, parish entries, stray letters, the telling map of lanes—rather than showy deduction. Written on the cusp between the sensation novel and the Golden Age puzzle, its lucid, workmanlike prose and scrupulous clueing foreground civic institutions and the social fabric of the provinces. J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935), journalist and Yorkshire historian, brought to detective fiction the habits of the newsroom and the archive. Years reporting assizes and chronicling provincial life honed his feel for documentary texture and topography, while pre–First World War anxieties about finance, law, and mobility shape the book's moral weather. His method privileges corroboration, routine legwork, and the incremental pressure of fact upon rumor. Recommended for admirers of early-twentieth-century British crime and for scholars of the genre's transition, The Paradise Mystery offers a fair, quietly ingenious inquiry anchored in lived places and plausible motives. Readers who enjoy Crofts or R. Austin Freeman will recognize the pleasure of procedure without gimmickry, and newcomers will find a brisk, absorbing case rich in period life.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length3 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
5THE PARADISE MYSTERY (Murder Mystery Classic) (pt. 1)
2Introduction
6THE PARADISE MYSTERY (Murder Mystery Classic) (pt. 2)
3Synopsis
7Analysis
4Historical Context
8Reflection
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