The Mark of Cain


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(4.4 stars; 14 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Through the Green Cord 19:14 Lu par Douglas Wood
Who Could Have Done It? 17:52 Lu par Douglas Wood
Pinckney, the Reporter 18:44 Lu par LouisMercredi
The Inquest Begins 23:50 Lu par lightcrystal
The Swede 17:34 Lu par Anna Krasuska
Out of the West 20:06 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
Stephanotis 17:39 Lu par MilinaMom
The Milk Bottle 19:17 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
A Clause in the Will 18:02 Lu par Maggie Marlin-Hess
Stryker’s Handkerchief 16:33 Lu par jhaberhausen
Duane, the Detective 20:48 Lu par bilwelvox
A New Theory 16:22 Lu par Charlie Kingfisher
Fibsy Fibs 18:04 Lu par Douglas Wood
Two Suitors 16:05 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
The Trap that Was Set 18:12 Lu par Kate Adams
A Promise 16:55 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
Madame Isis 18:49 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
All for Love 21:18 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
Two at Luncheon 16:31 Lu par KeltonLee
Fleming Stone 19:11 Lu par Rohit Gokhale
Stone’s Questions 15:44 Lu par Jess0602
Judge Hoyt’s Plan 12:58 Lu par Inkell
In Kito’s Care 17:24 Lu par Inkell
Escape 18:24 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
The Whole Truth 22:41 Lu par Rohit Gokhale

Critiques

Good murder mystery


(4 stars)

But I gave up when a new reader appeared, making the various NYC characters into wacky residents of South Carolina or Mississippi. Which was too big an adjustment at that late stage.


(4 stars)

This was a little too obvious, but still fun. Fibsy character very engaging. The “heroine” is just awful. Sorry for anyone that would marry her.


(4 stars)

Too much filler to make a good story. The only characters that were true was Fibsy and Stone.