The Markenmore Mystery
J. S. Fletcher
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After seven years of silence, Guy Markenmore returns to his family home at Markenmore Court. Knowing his father Sir Anthony to be close to death, he is anxious to reassure his younger siblings that he will not make any claim to the family money even if he can't help inheriting the old man's title. Sir Anthony dies later that evening, but the question of the inheritance becomes academic when Guy is murdered whilst crossing the downs. It is now up to detective Blick to track down the person responsible for Sir Anthony’s death. - summary by Sharon Kilmer (9 hr 19 min)
Chapters
| Two Wanderers Return | 23:32 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| The Butler's Pantry | 21:02 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Grey Dawn | 20:05 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Markenmore Hollow | 23:17 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Denounced | 21:51 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| The Coroner Sits | 20:48 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Mrs. Braxfield Supports | 17:06 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| The Incriminating Letter | 18:40 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Midnight Meeting | 20:26 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| The Ring and the Pipe | 19:36 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| First Steps | 24:25 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| The Dower House | 22:50 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| William Peege | 20:24 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Gone | 22:50 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Was It Robbery | 22:11 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Family Matters | 22:43 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Too Late | 24:22 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Deep Lane | 22:43 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Under Pressure | 24:17 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| Village Gossip | 25:00 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| Arrest | 24:11 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| Mrs. Braxfield's Move | 23:37 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| The Professional Theory | 23:49 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| The Man Who Could Guess | 23:03 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| The Devil's Grip | 26:44 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Reviews
Carolyn
I wouldn’t put this at the top of JS Fletcher, but as always, it was an enjoyable story. I don’t know why Fletcher doesn’t have a bigger name in old mystery because I have yet to come across one I didn’t enjoy! Great characters and mystery!
Clueless Detectives
Frank Bowden
The readers are good but the book, not so much. In the French translation of the this book the title is "Le chien de markenmore" very apt since without the dog the detective never would have solved the mystery.
Gillian
Great story so many twists and turns. Kept me guessing to the end.
I didn't spot the murderer in this story! Wonderful reading!
Gill
Brett Miller
great characters. Good mystery. Not a fan of the ending.
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OBX12
Good readers. I found the plot interesting.
Maria
Good story. Entertaining and not romantic.
Stock characters, fussy plot, obtuse detective
Martha Mydear
This was like a Hallmark mystery, but too long and ultimately the author seemed desperate for a resolution. Detective Sgt. Blick of Scotland Yard should have brought along Inspector Japp, as the sergeant seems to have no knowledge of forensics, which Scotland Yard was already famous for at that time, and he doesn't solve the case so much as fall into the solution, almost literally. Combined with an excessive number of one-dimensional stock characters, and an awkward attempt at countrified dialect. it makes for a heavy slog. For "murder in the manor" set in a quiet village, stick with Agatha Christie.