Project Gutenberg 2005-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 50 Steele, Chester K. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Al Haines "The Diamond Cross Mystery" by Chester K. Steele is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the murder of Mrs. Amelia Darcy, the owner of a jewelry store, and introduces James Darcy, her cousin and jeweler, as a central character who discovers her body. As the narrative progresses, a web of intrigue, suspicion, and details about the old lady's life and relationships begin to emerge, setting the stage for a classic whodunit scenario. The opening of the novel establishes a dark and atmospheric scene within the jewelry shop, where the rain outside contrasts the shocking stillness of the murder scene. James Darcy wakes early to find Mrs. Darcy dead, holding a ticking watch in her hand, which immediately deepens the mystery. The narrative introduces other characters such as milkmen and nearby shop owners, all of whom provide background details that could tie them to the crime, while hints of a quarrel regarding money and family tensions hint at potential motives. With the arrival of police and detectives, as well as a cast of suspicious characters, the stage is set for unraveling the complexities surrounding the murder and the key players in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 427257 427195 2024-10-07T08:53:33.697640 2023-09-07T09:47:28.181476 text/html text/html 427250 427188 2024-10-07T08:53:33.990674 2023-09-07T09:47:28.354428 text/html text/html 227096 2024-10-07T08:53:43.007109 application/epub+zip 233373 2024-10-07T08:53:37.183130 application/epub+zip 216769 2024-10-07T08:53:35.898638 application/epub+zip 434122 2024-10-07T08:53:47.465097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398188 2024-10-07T08:53:42.185110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373275 2022-09-08T03:39:12.959626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373119 373108 2024-10-07T08:53:33.233630 2023-09-07T09:47:27.852393 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 373001 2020-12-11T11:11:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 138689 2020-12-11T11:11:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18700 2024-10-07T08:53:47.604066 application/rdf+xml 13734 2024-10-07T08:53:36.455124 image/jpeg 3838 2024-10-07T08:53:36.179623 image/jpeg 224026 2024-10-07T08:53:34.027673 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