• This edition binds together two of J.S. Fletcher's Mystery Classics: Chestermarke Instinct. & Ravensdene Court Chestermarke Instinct. Bank manager John Hornbury is missing along with jewels from the vault. So why are bank owners Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph refusing to in the police? Betty Fosdyke, John's niece, finds it hard to believe her uncle would disappear with stolen property so she dives into the mystery determined to solve it. Ravensdene Court Two brothers are murdered at the same time while 600 miles apart. They were both ship hands on a boat that sunk off China's coast three years earlier, and there may be some link, but what? And how? And why did a tobacco box disappear from the inquest? The answer may lie with a buried treasure.
Author
Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. His literary career spanned approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non-fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age .
