The Mark of Cain
Carolyn Wells
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Murder mystery #8 by the prolific American author Carolyn Wells, featuring her famous detective, Fleming Stone (though that detective isn’t brought into the case until it’s almost too late).
The novel features a heroine resisting pressure to marry a man she doesn’t love, detectives and police who keep chasing clues in the wrong directions, a teenage wanna-be detective who’s also an inveterate liar, and a host of other interesting characters, most of whom merely serve to redirect the course of justice until Fleming Stone shows up to set them all straight. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)
Caution: The book contains some stereotypical racism towards Swedes and Japanese, and Chapters 1, 2, and 21 contain several instances of an offensive and derogatory term to describe Italians. (7 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Through the Green Cord | 19:14 | Read by Douglas Wood |
Who Could Have Done It? | 17:52 | Read by Douglas Wood |
Pinckney, the Reporter | 18:44 | Read by LouisMercredi |
The Inquest Begins | 23:50 | Read by lightcrystal |
The Swede | 17:34 | Read by Anna Krasuska |
Out of the West | 20:06 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
Stephanotis | 17:39 | Read by MilinaMom |
The Milk Bottle | 19:17 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
A Clause in the Will | 18:02 | Read by Maggie Marlin-Hess |
Stryker’s Handkerchief | 16:33 | Read by jhaberhausen |
Duane, the Detective | 20:48 | Read by bilwelvox |
A New Theory | 16:22 | Read by Charlie Kingfisher |
Fibsy Fibs | 18:04 | Read by Douglas Wood |
Two Suitors | 16:05 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
The Trap that Was Set | 18:12 | Read by Kate Adams |
A Promise | 16:55 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
Madame Isis | 18:49 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
All for Love | 21:18 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
Two at Luncheon | 16:31 | Read by KeltonLee |
Fleming Stone | 19:11 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |
Stone’s Questions | 15:44 | Read by Jess0602 |
Judge Hoyt’s Plan | 12:58 | Read by Inkell |
In Kito’s Care | 17:24 | Read by Inkell |
Escape | 18:24 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
The Whole Truth | 22:41 | Read by Rohit Gokhale |