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The Orange-Yellow Diamond

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
224 pages
ISBN
9781836104728
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • murder mystery
  • precious gemstone
  • pawnbroker
  • aspiring writer
  • London
  • hidden treasure
  • detective investigation
  • theft
  • deception
  • classic crime fiction

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The Orange-Yellow Diamond follows aspiring writer Andrew Lauriston, whose desperate attempt to pawn his late father's watch draws him into a baffling murder investigation. After discovering a pawnbroker dead, he becomes entangled in a dangerous search involving a priceless gemstone, hidden motives, and ruthless criminals. Joseph Smith Fletcher blends suspense, mystery, and romance in a gripping tale of deception and justice.

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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