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Scarhaven Keep

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
210 pages
ISBN
9781836104766
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • mystery
  • detective fiction
  • missing actor
  • coastal town
  • ancient castle
  • hidden identity
  • murder investigation
  • suspense
  • theatrical intrigue
  • classic crime fiction

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When celebrated actor Bassett Oliver vanishes after arriving in the coastal town of Scarhaven, an ordinary theatrical engagement becomes a baffling mystery. His last known destination—the ancient Scarhaven Keep—draws investigators into a web of hidden identities, long-buried secrets, and deadly ambition. Joseph Smith Fletcher delivers an atmospheric detective novel where every revelation uncovers fresh intrigue and danger.

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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