Project Gutenberg 2014-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 98 Wells, Carolyn 1862 1942 Houghton, Carolyn Wells Hoskins, Gayle Porter 1887 1962 The Curved Blades E-text prepared by Mardi Desjardins, Stephen Hutcheson, rcool, and the team at Distributed Proofreaders Canada "The Curved Blades" by Carolyn Wells is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the opulent but tension-filled environment of Garden Steps, a grand estate where Miss Lucy Carrington, an heiress marked by a fierce temperament and a longing for companionship, resides. As the plot begins to take shape, a tragic event unfolds, hinting at a web of deceit and hidden motives that surround Lucy's life, leading to her shocking demise. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Lucy Carrington and her complicated relationships with her cousins and social secretary. The narrative captures a tense evening of bridge where Lucy's volatile nature is on display; her anger and love for splendid things are palpable. However, the atmosphere quickly shifts from playful board games to foreboding, as Lucy hints at some unspecified ominous event awaiting her. Her predictions come tragically true as the story progresses, leading to the discovery of her lifeless body adorned in her wealth of jewels, a paper snake around her neck, and the mystery surrounding the circumstances of her death. As conflicting accounts emerge from those in her life, the reader is drawn into a compelling murder mystery layered with intrigue and dark secrets. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45622/45622-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 489954 489817 2024-09-19T07:04:32.411671 2023-09-20T03:34:31.763386 text/html text/html 510044 2014-05-10T09:13:08 text/html 374473 2014-05-10T09:17:29 text/html application/zip 388533 2024-09-19T07:04:41.074597 application/epub+zip 405827 2024-09-19T07:04:34.450668 application/epub+zip 237061 2024-09-19T07:04:33.452622 application/epub+zip 548424 2024-09-19T07:04:45.694568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509101 2024-09-19T07:04:40.260612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340667 2022-09-20T19:00:48.478441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430591 430491 2024-09-19T07:04:30.805773 2023-09-20T03:34:30.287378 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 430231 2014-05-10T09:00:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162920 2014-05-10T09:00:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 430242 2014-05-10T09:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162888 2014-05-10T09:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21391 2024-09-19T07:04:45.834564 application/rdf+xml 12385 2024-09-19T07:04:33.567626 image/jpeg 2381 2024-09-19T07:04:33.513640 image/jpeg 375560 2024-09-19T07:04:32.460639 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