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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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.

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.

(4 stars)

S

Good story and read. Of its time perhaps but the characterisation of Jewish people has almost all the negative tropes and leans towards antisemitism. Story would’ve been fine without these tropes as they weren’t relevant to the plot.