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The Copper Box

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
101 pages
ISBN
9781836104780
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • mystery
  • amateur sleuth
  • hidden treasure
  • secret identities
  • country house
  • snowstorm
  • conspiracy
  • suspense
  • crime investigation
  • classic detective fiction

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Lost in a blinding snowstorm on England's northern border, Alvery Craye stumbles upon the isolated house of Kelpieshaw, where a mysterious copper box lies at the heart of dangerous secrets. As strangers gather with hidden motives, he is drawn into a web of deception, stolen identities and deadly intrigue. Joseph Smith Fletcher weaves a gripping mystery filled with suspense, unexpected twists and peril at every turn.

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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