Project Gutenberg 2007-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 108 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar The Daffodil Mystery Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by David Clarke, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Daffodil Mystery" by Edgar Wallace is a mystery novel likely written in the early 20th century. The book centers around Thornton Lyne, a wealthy store proprietor and poet, whose life takes a tragic turn when he is found murdered in Hyde Park. The story intertwines themes of deception, social status, and complex human relationships, particularly focusing on the enigmatic Odette Rider, who works under Lyne and becomes embroiled in the swirling suspicions surrounding his death. At the start of the narrative, we meet Odette Rider, a strong-willed young woman, who finds herself rejecting Thornton Lyne's unwanted advances amidst a tense conversation in his office. Lyne's frustrated and sinister thoughts follow her departure, hinting at his potential cruelty and obsession. As the storyline unfolds, it introduces several characters, including the detective Jack Tarling and the dubious Mr. Milburgh, all contributing to the intricate web of intrigue surrounding Lyne's demise. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for a tale of ambition, betrayal, and the search for truth, as various players navigate the ramifications of the murder and the secrets that run deeper than they initially appear. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 435777 435649 2024-10-09T08:07:14.890532 2023-09-09T10:06:07.605263 text/html text/html 440461 2016-07-01T11:04:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 154717 2016-07-01T11:05:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 231318 2024-10-09T08:07:24.300335 application/epub+zip 237192 2024-10-09T08:07:18.008393 application/epub+zip 231728 2024-10-09T08:07:16.639510 application/epub+zip 441425 2024-10-09T08:07:29.222315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412959 2024-10-09T08:07:23.370370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389552 2022-09-10T04:51:30.392533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409819 409728 2024-10-09T08:07:13.431536 2023-09-09T10:06:06.215254 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 409539 2016-07-01T11:04:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150219 2016-07-01T11:05:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 409546 2016-07-01T11:04:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150207 2016-07-01T11:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21707 2024-10-09T08:07:29.394379 application/rdf+xml 12662 2024-10-09T08:07:17.197441 image/jpeg 3368 2024-10-09T08:07:16.915453 image/jpeg 223194 2024-10-09T08:07:14.929392 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