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Ravensdene Court

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
212 pages
ISBN
9781836104674
Published
23 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • murder mystery
  • country house
  • antiquarian books
  • Northumberland
  • detective investigation
  • family secrets
  • hidden identity
  • coastal setting
  • inheritance
  • classic crime fiction

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Ravensdene Court follows Leonard Middlebrook, an antiquarian invited to examine a valuable library at an isolated Northumberland manor. His visit takes a deadly turn when a man he has just met is found murdered on the nearby coast. As he investigates, hidden family ties, long-buried secrets, and conflicting motives emerge. Joseph Smith Fletcher delivers an atmospheric mystery rich in suspense, deception, and classic detective intrigue.

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.

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