The Charing Cross Mystery

Here's another intriguing mystery by J. S. Fletcher, centering on why a former high-level police official was murdered, and on whether - and if so how - the murder was linked to two glamorous and high-profile sisters, one of whose photo was found in the dead man's pocket. As usual, Fletcher creates a number of different detectives -- a lawyer, his assistant, several policemen, a police spy, and even the dead man's granddaughter -- following various lines of inquiry. These lines converge rapidly in the last few chapters, when the author lets the reader weave them together into a coherent whole: the solution to the mystery. Summary by Kirsten Wever (9 hr 2 min)

Chapters

The Last Train East	19:35	Read by Kirsten Wever
Whose Portrait is This	20:49	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Potential Fortune	17:37	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Diamond Necklace	20:01	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Police Return	18:35	Read by Kirsten Wever
Samples of Ink	21:41	Read by Kirsten Wever
Black Velvet	21:42	Read by Kirsten Wever
Fligwood's Rents	17:44	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Medicine Bottle	18:46	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Mysterious Visitor	22:54	Read by Kirsten Wever
Lady Riversdale	22:05	Read by Kirsten Wever
Alias "Madame Listorelle"	13:39	Read by Kirsten Wever
Who Was She?	18:57	Read by Kirsten Wever
Is it Blackmail?	21:19	Read by Kirsten Wever
Revelations	21:40	Read by Kirsten Wever
Still More	22:54	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Torn Labels	19:39	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Telegram	24:12	Read by Kirsten Wever
The London Road	17:16	Read by Kirsten Wever
Converging Tracks	19:49	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Order in Writing	20:16	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Highly Respectable Solicitor	18:42	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Landlady of Little Smith Street	24:41	Read by Kirsten Wever
The House in the Yard	18:45	Read by Kirsten Wever
Dead!	15:50	Read by Kirsten Wever
Waterloo	24:28	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Assurance	18:29	Read by Kirsten Wever

Reviews

HATED FOR THIS ONE TO END

(5 stars)

AVID READER

A compelling narration of very complicated crimes. The detective work, both amateur and professional, was outstanding. I must confess that I fail to understand the negative comments concerning the reader. Kirsten Wever is a fine reader, one who is easy to understand as she proceeds in her business-like manner. To each his own, I suppose.

(1 stars)

budong

The reader is excellent; no complaints there. But This book goes beyond the usual antisemitic stereotypes found in so many tales of the time. The first real suspect is only a suspect because the main characters ‘know’ he’s a Jew as soon as they look at him. It follows, therefore, that he’s sneaky and underhanded and nefarious. If a character in this book is Jewish, he’s automatically not to be trusted. It ruined the whole thing for me. I’ve listened to J. S. Fletcher stories before, with a sense of tolerating the hate, but this book takes it over the top. Despite the excellent reader, this book left me feeling mired in muck.

well worth listening to

(5 stars)

jmk89

This is a classic J.S. Fletcher mystery. Lots of diversions as the various actors try to work out the larger plot and solve at the same time the several crimes committed along the way. The reader is to be commended for her pace, tone and pronunciation- excellent work which complemented the text.