Project Gutenberg 2011-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 59 Boothby, Guy 1867 1905 Boothby, Guy Newell The Childerbridge Mystery Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Childerbridge Mystery" by Guy Boothby is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book revolves around the life of William Standerton, a successful Australian businessman who, after decades of hard work, decides to return to England with his two adult children, James and Alice. However, their arrival in England sets off a chain of events involving old enemies and hidden secrets that threaten their newfound stability and happiness. At the start of the tale, readers are introduced to William Standerton's past, his emigration from England to Australia, and his impressive rise to wealth and success. With the family preparing to leave Australia behind, William's past comes back to haunt him as a man named Richard Murbridge, known to harbor a deep resentment against him, seeks to confront him as they prepare to embark on their new life. The opening chapters create an atmosphere fraught with tension, hinting at ominous events that will unfold, including talks of ghosts tied to the family's new home, Childerbridge Manor, and foreshadowing the tragedy that will lead to William’s untimely death. The complex dynamic between James, the protective son, and the mysterious Murbridge sets the stage for a gripping narrative filled with intrigue and emotional depth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35277/35277-h/images/cover.jpg en Detective and mystery stories England -- Fiction Love stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 286365 286388 2024-09-15T04:40:20.011119 2023-09-15T10:23:51.222276 text/html text/html 284989 2016-05-05T13:46:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 273599 2016-05-05T13:47:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 276423 2024-09-15T04:40:24.042129 application/epub+zip 279674 2024-09-15T04:40:20.658155 application/epub+zip 157497 2024-09-15T04:40:20.324146 application/epub+zip 371377 2024-09-15T04:40:26.932127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352505 2024-09-15T04:40:23.727140 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230318 2022-09-16T07:56:01.232028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272592 272369 2024-09-15T04:40:19.538191 2023-09-15T10:23:50.781269 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 272364 2016-05-05T13:46:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 100253 2016-05-05T13:47:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 272356 2016-05-05T13:46:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100229 2016-05-05T13:47:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20868 2024-09-15T04:40:27.061100 application/rdf+xml 10217 2024-09-15T04:40:20.404116 image/jpeg 1593 2024-09-15T04:40:20.364116 image/jpeg 274027 2024-09-15T04:40:20.040134 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