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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher
Language
English
Length
224 pages
ISBN
9781836104735
Published
24 July 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • murder mystery
  • stolen jewels
  • family investigation
  • business intrigue
  • hidden identity
  • conspiracy
  • inheritance
  • amateur detective
  • deception
  • classic crime fiction

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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation follows manufacturer Marshall Allerdyke after he is summoned to Hull by an urgent telegram, only to find his cousin dead under suspicious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, he investigates a tangled web of stolen jewels, secret business dealings, hidden identities, and murder. Joseph Smith Fletcher delivers a gripping mystery filled with suspense, deception, and unexpected twists.

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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