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The Herapath Property

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
212 pages
ISBN
9781836104681
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • murder mystery
  • inheritance dispute
  • Member of Parliament
  • detective investigation
  • missing person
  • family secrets
  • political intrigue
  • hidden motives
  • English country house
  • classic crime fiction

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The Herapath Property begins with the mysterious disappearance of wealthy Member of Parliament Jacob Herapath, whose death soon plunges his household into uncertainty. As his secretary Selwood investigates, suspicious circumstances, hidden motives, and conflicting loyalties emerge. With inheritance, deception, and long-kept secrets at stake, Joseph Smith Fletcher crafts a suspenseful mystery filled with twists 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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