Project Gutenberg 2009-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 63 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith 21006796 The Chestermarke Instinct Produced by Annie McGuire "The Chestermarke Instinct" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Wallington Neale, a bank clerk in the sleepy town of Scarnham, who is thrust into a perplexing situation when his manager, John Horbury, goes missing under suspicious circumstances. The narrative unfolds against a backdrop of potential intrigue involving theft and possibly darker events, as characters around Neale begin to speculate on the manager's fate. At the start of the novel, the main character grapples with the monotony of his banking job while a beautiful spring day stirs his adventurous spirit. However, this serenity is shattered when Neale discovers that Horbury has not come to work as expected, leading to growing concerns about the bank manager's whereabouts. The opening chapters introduce us to Neale's routine, his familiarity with the town, and his concerns about Horbury's sudden absence, setting the stage for a complex mystery that involves missing securities and the manager's unexplained disappearance. As Neale and others begin to investigate, the intrigue deepens, hinting at twists and turns that will keep readers engaged. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 479770 479779 2024-09-12T06:25:34.666375 2023-09-12T09:53:24.966346 text/html text/html 490584 2019-09-06T11:20:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 168520 2019-09-06T11:21:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229017 2024-09-12T06:25:42.182350 application/epub+zip 232089 2024-09-12T06:25:36.385399 application/epub+zip 232089 2024-09-12T06:25:35.369386 application/epub+zip 451217 2024-09-12T06:25:47.016311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397672 2024-09-12T06:25:41.375352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397668 2022-09-13T06:05:26.118173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440794 440786 2024-09-12T06:25:33.433380 2023-09-12T09:53:23.974346 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 440613 2019-09-06T11:20:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160105 2019-09-06T11:21:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 440606 2019-09-06T11:20:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160065 2019-09-06T11:21:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19881 2024-09-12T06:25:47.159292 application/rdf+xml 13539 2024-09-12T06:25:35.741360 image/jpeg 3737 2024-09-12T06:25:35.553367 image/jpeg 214739 2024-09-12T06:25:34.705373 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