Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 105 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith Dead Men's Money Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Dead Men's Money" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young man named Hugh Moneylaws, whose life takes a dramatic turn when a suspicious lodger, James Gilverthwaite, comes to stay at his mother’s home. As events unfold, the plot thickens with themes of murder, secrets, and a significant amount of money that complicates the situation further. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Hugh Moneylaws, who observes the enigmatic Gilverthwaite arriving at their home. The man, boasting of wealth and mysterious origins, soon engages Hugh in secretive dealings that set the stage for impending danger. After a series of unusual occurrences, including Gilverthwaite falling ill and sending Hugh to deliver a message under dubious circumstances, the narrative escalates when Hugh discovers a murdered man near the appointed meeting place. Caught in a web of intrigue involving money and unresolved identities, Hugh must navigate the chaos that unfolds, leading him into the depths of a perilous mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 480226 480113 2024-09-05T15:28:55.225923 2023-10-06T04:36:49.232099 text/html text/html 480219 480106 2024-09-05T15:28:55.443920 2023-10-06T04:36:49.428113 text/html text/html 217856 2024-09-05T15:29:01.955925 application/epub+zip 224520 2024-09-05T15:28:56.880968 application/epub+zip 224520 2024-09-05T15:28:56.017931 application/epub+zip 436925 2024-09-05T15:29:06.190907 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398675 2024-09-05T15:29:01.345000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398896 2022-09-06T19:29:36.622457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439326 439256 2024-09-05T15:28:54.687975 2023-10-06T04:36:48.916116 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 440771 2020-12-14T19:45:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161504 2020-12-14T19:45:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17959 2024-09-05T15:29:06.325882 application/rdf+xml 14398 2024-09-05T15:28:56.356947 image/jpeg 3646 2024-09-05T15:28:56.185919 image/jpeg 217117 2024-09-05T15:28:55.485936 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia