Through the Wall (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Locked-Room Detective MysteryBy Cleveland Moffett
Length12h 7m
About this audiobook
Through the Wall (Illustrated Edition) is a richly plotted early twentieth-century detective romance that transports the reader to Paris, where crime, performance, and psychological misdirection meet. Centered on the celebrated investigator Paul Coquenil, the novel combines the theatrical suspense of the feuilleton with the emerging logic of scientific detection. Its prose is brisk, visual, and melodramatically charged, while the illustrations sharpen its atmosphere of boulevards, prisons, salons, and shadowed interiors. In literary context, it belongs beside the post-Holmesian mystery, adapting the rational sleuth tradition to a cosmopolitan world of modern sensation. Cleveland Moffett (1863–1926), an American journalist, editor, and fiction writer, brought to the novel the habits of the reporter: attention to procedure, public scandal, and the mechanics of evidence. His career included work in major newspapers and magazine journalism, and his interest in science, criminology, and urban spectacle informs Coquenil's methods. Moffett's transatlantic experience also helps explain the novel's persuasive Parisian setting and its fascination with modern institutions. This edition is recommended to readers who enjoy classic detective fiction, historical mysteries, and illustrated popular literature. It offers both an absorbing puzzle and a revealing example of how crime fiction matured between Victorian sensation and the modern procedural.
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, Literary Classics
Length12 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 20, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
17Chapter XVI. The Third Pair of Boots
2Chapter I. A Blood-Red Sky
18Chapter XVII. "From Higher Up"
3Chapter II. Coquenil's Greatest Case
19Chapter XVIII. A Long Little Finger
4Chapter III. Private Room Number Six
20Chapter XIX. Touching a Yellow Tooth
5Chapter IV. "In the Name of the Law"
21Chapter XX. The Memory of a Dog
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6Chapter V. Coquenil Gets in the Game
22Chapter XXI. The Wood Carver
7Chapter VI. The Weapon
23Chapter XXII. At the Hairdresser's
8Chapter VII. The Footprints
24Chapter XXIII. Groener at Bay
9Chapter VIII. Through the Wall
25Chapter XXIV. Thirty Important Words
10Chapter IX. Coquenil Marks His Man
26Chapter XXV. The Moving Picture
11Chapter X. Gibelin Scores a Point
27Chapter XXVI. Coquenil's Mother
12Chapter XI. The Towers of Notre-dame
28Chapter XXVII. The Diary
13Chapter XII. By Special Order
29Chapter XXVIII. A Great Criminal
14Chapter XIII. Lloyd and Alice
30Chapter XXIX. The Lost Dolly
15Chapter XIV. The Woman in the Case
31Chapter XXX. Mrs. Lloyd Kittredge
16Chapter XV. Pussy Wilmott's Confession
32Memorable Quotes
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