Dead Men's Money by Joseph Smith Fletcher

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A naïve but sincere young lawyer's assistant who only dreams of marrying his childhood sweetheart and yearns to have a home and family with her. His sharp witted boss keeps the firm going by dint of shrewd business sense and legal talent. When the assistant accidentally stumbles into a murder case, the scene is set for events that change all their lives. Dead Men's Money by Joseph Smith Fletcher was published in 1920, the era considered to be the Golden Age of detective fiction. Writers like Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond Chandler, Ellery Queen, Georges Simenon and many more from different parts of the world were writing hundreds of novels that followed a more or less similar style and pattern. Cozy country houses, remote and lonely locations, a closed group of people, a series of murders, a romantic interest, the incompetence of the local police, an amateur or professional sleuth who successfully unravels the mystery and a final explanation were the elements of most of their books. Though these elements were acknowledged to be clichéd, the charm and appeal of the classic detective story has never waned. Joseph Smith Fletcher was a multi-talented writer. He was a journalist and historian as well as a leading writer of detective fiction during the Golden Age. His books are characterized by memorable characters, solid plot elements, brisk pace and “clean” story telling style. Fletcher also wrote some very notable non-fiction books on history, some novels about rural life, poetry and essays before turning to detective fiction in 1914. The success of his first book encouraged him to write more than 100 whodunits, many of them featuring his fictional sleuth, Ronald Camberwell. Set initially in the quiet environs of a rural small town, Berwick-on-Tweed, bordering Scotland, the plot of Dead Men's Money takes the reader across many changing locales. It features a hero, Hugh Moneylaws, who is none too bright. His widowed mother runs a small boarding house to supplement the family income. Hugh wants desperately to make some extra cash, so he agrees to run a mysterious errand for one of the lodgers who is apparently too ill to go out. This sparks off a chain of events that impact all of them. Well constructed, exciting and amusing in parts, Dead Men's Money is indeed a great addition to your library and is sure to appeal to readers of all ages. If you haven't encountered JS Fletcher before, this could also be the start of a great collection of his novels.

Episode Date
01 – The One-Eyed Man
Jan 02, 2026
02 – The Midnight Mission
Jan 01, 2026
03 – The Red Stain
Dec 31, 2025
04 – The Murdered Man
Dec 30, 2025
05 – The Brass-Bound Chest
Dec 29, 2025
06 – Mr. John Phillips
Dec 28, 2025
07 – The Inquest on John Phillips
Dec 27, 2025
08 – The Parish Registers
Dec 26, 2025
09 – The Marine-Store Dealer
Dec 25, 2025
10 – The Other Witness
Dec 24, 2025
11 – Signtures to the Will
Dec 23, 2025
12 – The Salmon Gaff
Dec 22, 2025
13 – Sir Gilbert Carstairs
Dec 21, 2025
14 – Dead Men’s Money
Dec 20, 2025
15 – Five Hundred A Year
Dec 19, 2025
16 – The Man in the Cell
Dec 18, 2025
17 – The Irish Housekeeper
Dec 17, 2025
18 – The Ice Ax
Dec 16, 2025
19 – My Turn
Dec 15, 2025
20 – The Samaritan Skipper
Dec 14, 2025
21 – Mr. Gavin Smeaton
Dec 13, 2025
22 – I Read My Own Obituary
Dec 12, 2025
23 – Family History
Dec 11, 2025
24 – The Suit of Clothes
Dec 10, 2025
25 – The Second Disappearance
Dec 09, 2025
26 – Mrs. Ralston of Craig
Dec 08, 2025
27 – The Bank Balance
Dec 07, 2025
28 – The Hathercleugh
Dec 06, 2025
29 – All In Order
Dec 05, 2025
30 – The Carstairs Motto
Dec 04, 2025
31 – No Trace
Dec 03, 2025
32 – The Link
Dec 02, 2025
33 – The Old Tower
Dec 01, 2025
34 – The Bargain
Nov 30, 2025
35 – The Swag
Nov 29, 2025
36 – Gold
Nov 28, 2025
37 – The Dark Pool
Nov 27, 2025