Project Gutenberg 2007-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 137 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith The Borough Treasurer Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Borough Treasurer" by J. S. Fletcher is a murder mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Milford Cotherstone, the Borough Treasurer, who finds himself in a precarious situation when his tenant, the elderly Mr. Kitely, is found dead under suspicious circumstances. As the plot unfolds, themes of blackmail, buried secrets, and the consequences of past actions surface, as Cotherstone grapples with the fear of his dark history being exposed. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Highmarket, the town where the story takes place, and the main characters, including Cotherstone and his partner Mallalieu. The plot kicks off with a tense encounter between Cotherstone and Kitely, who reveals that he recognizes Cotherstone from a conviction thirty years prior, leading to implications of blackmail. The opening builds a sense of impending dread as Kitely is later found dead, raising questions about Cotherstone's involvement and his desperate need to keep his former life hidden. The stage is set for a gripping investigation into murder and corruption, with Cotherstone's precarious position at its center. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 507783 507792 2024-09-09T06:14:02.795120 2023-09-09T08:51:29.911636 text/html text/html 520812 2017-02-22T17:02:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 183386 2017-02-22T17:04:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241362 2024-09-09T06:14:10.613027 application/epub+zip 244581 2024-09-09T06:14:04.489108 application/epub+zip 244581 2024-09-09T06:14:03.484126 application/epub+zip 450976 2024-09-09T06:14:15.628030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402278 2024-09-09T06:14:09.807049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402324 2022-09-09T15:38:32.088493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469411 469310 2024-09-09T06:14:01.726098 2023-09-09T08:51:28.789614 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 469222 2017-02-22T17:02:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 174729 2017-02-22T17:04:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 469213 2017-02-22T17:01:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 174695 2017-02-22T17:04:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20427 2024-09-09T06:14:15.768024 application/rdf+xml 12389 2024-09-09T06:14:03.852088 image/jpeg 3299 2024-09-09T06:14:03.667069 image/jpeg 223822 2024-09-09T06:14:02.838098 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