Project Gutenberg 2011-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 173 Wells, Carolyn 1862 1942 Houghton, Carolyn Wells Hoskins, Gayle Porter 1887 1962 The Diamond Pin E-text prepared by Annie McGuire from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) "The Diamond Pin" by Carolyn Wells is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the eccentric and wealthy Ursula Pell, who is found dead in her locked room under mysterious circumstances, sparking intrigue and suspicion among her relatives, especially her niece Iris Clyde, and her nephew Winston Bannard. The narrative explores themes of familial bonds strained by wealth, inheritance, and betrayal, as well as the classic whodunit mystery of murder. The opening of the book introduces the complex relationship between Iris and her aunt, with Ursula's penchant for practical jokes causing tension within their household. As the narrative unfolds, we see the characters' motivations become entangled with the shocking revelation of Ursula's murder, amid a chaotic scene in her sitting room. The locked room mystery sets a tone of suspense as the characters grapple with the peculiar and violent circumstances surrounding Ursula's death, leading to initial blame directed at Iris and Winston. The dynamics of inheritance and hidden secrets hint at deeper undercurrents that may connect them to the crime, laying the groundwork for a thrilling investigation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 421895 421703 2024-09-15T03:34:24.100349 2023-09-15T09:25:54.719705 text/html text/html 420330 2011-01-20T22:49:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 189430 2011-01-20T22:52:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249655 2024-09-15T03:34:32.620308 application/epub+zip 252681 2024-09-15T03:34:25.957337 application/epub+zip 208133 2024-09-15T03:34:24.875338 application/epub+zip 444538 2024-09-15T03:34:37.445320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409474 2024-09-15T03:34:31.680340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365148 2022-09-16T06:32:57.008124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355092 354935 2024-09-15T03:34:22.516352 2023-09-15T09:25:53.269713 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 354800 2011-01-20T22:45:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133646 2011-01-20T22:45:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 354807 2011-01-20T22:45:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133635 2011-01-20T22:45:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21372 2024-09-15T03:34:37.591286 application/rdf+xml 12880 2024-09-15T03:34:25.250341 image/jpeg 3395 2024-09-15T03:34:25.062324 image/jpeg 235750 2024-09-15T03:34:24.138404 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 More titles under Wright, Rowland en.wikipedia