In the Mayor's Parlour

Name: In the Mayor's Parlour
Author: Joseph Smith Fletcher
ISBN: 9781836104490

Author: Joseph Smith Fletcher
Read by: Eloise Fairfax
Language: English
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
ISBN: 9781836104490
Published: 23 July 2026
Imprint: Sovereign

murder mystery
political intrigue
small town
detective investigation
hidden secrets
locked-room mystery
mayor
English countryside
family secrets
crime fiction

All titles

Description

In the Mayor's Parlour follows the murder of Hathelsborough's newly elected mayor, John Wallingford, who is found dead in his locked office shortly after taking office. His cousin, Richard Brent, investigates the baffling crime, uncovering political rivalries, hidden motives, and long-kept secrets. Set in a historic English town, the novel combines suspense, sharp detective work, and atmospheric storytelling.

Author

J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935) treated the detective story as a trade, and honoured it. He produced at a Victorian-Edwardian pace that later Golden Age writers would recognise: wills, country houses, city chambers, and the long English suspicion that respectability is a costume. Fletcher is not flashy. He is reliable — which, in crime fiction, is a kind of style.

More by Joseph Smith Fletcher

Other editions

Ebook · English · Sovereign9781836104667