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_Title:_ The Massingham Butterfly and Other Stories
_Date of first publication:_ 1926
_Author:_ J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher (1863-1935)
_Date first posted:_ Oct. 4, 2020
_Date last updated:_ Oct. 4, 2020
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WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT
A series of excellent stories by this eminent writer of detective
fiction. These tales of mystery, love and adventure make absorbing
reading, for J. S. Fletcher has mastered the art of holding his reader’s
attention. The thrills, surprises, mystifications and knotty problems
which this writer provides, keep the attention glued to the page. His
stories are always an excellent tonic for the weary and overworked.
This popular writer showed in his book _Green Ink_ that he was a master
of the short story.
_=BY THE SAME AUTHOR=_
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THE SAFETY PIN 2/6 net.
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THE
MASSINGHAM
BUTTERFLY
_AND OTHER STORIES_
BY
J. S. FLETCHER
HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
3 YORK STREET, ST. JAMES’S
LONDON S.W.1 MCMXXVI
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE MASSINGHAM BUTTERFLY 9
SAFE NUMBER SIXTY-NINE 37
DON QUIXOTE OF SCOTLAND YARD 65
THE HOUSEBOAT 81
THE INNER ROOM 97
THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN 111
A GENTLEMAN OF RESOURCE 133
FIRST THOUGHTS ARE WORST 147
BREAD UPON THE WATERS 165
ALL ON A SPRINGTIDE DAY 193
THE MONUMENT 213
THE YORKSHIRE WAY 235
THE CABINET SECRET 257
EX-OFFICIO 267
THE FIFTY-FIFTY BASIS 289
THE MASSINGHAM BUTTERFLY
BEING A CHAPTER FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF PAUL CAMPENHAYE, SPECIALIST IN
CRIMINOLOGY
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