Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 196 Magnay, William, Sir 1855 1917 Magnay, Sir William The Hunt Ball Mystery Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Hunt Ball Mystery" by Sir William Magnay is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of a hunt ball in a country house, the story revolves around an intriguing mystery following the sudden death of a man named Clement Henshaw, who is discovered dead in a locked room. The book features main characters including Hugh Gifford and Captain Kelson, who attempt to unravel the circumstances surrounding Henshaw's demise, which is initially thought to be a suicide. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the tense atmosphere at the railway station and the subsequent events leading to the hunt ball. Hugh Gifford is left without his evening clothes after his luggage gets sent on the wrong train, causing much frustration. As the story unfolds, Gifford and Kelson meet Henshaw—whose demeanor raises suspicions. Following the ball, Henshaw is found dead in a locked room, prompting a stirring inquest and leaving his brother, Gervase Henshaw, determined to investigate further. The opening chapters establish a groundwork of intrigue, presenting a mix of personal tensions, character dynamics, and unresolved questions that set up the mystery at the heart of the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 356378 2025-10-04T10:39:00.239068 text/html 356359 356238 2024-11-05T03:36:04.287240 2023-10-05T04:45:53.673765 text/html text/html 195402 2025-10-04T10:39:06.484021 application/epub+zip 200315 2025-10-04T10:39:02.014059 application/epub+zip 200315 2025-10-04T10:39:00.886045 application/epub+zip 372856 2025-10-04T10:39:09.995027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341694 2025-10-04T10:39:05.715025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320024 2022-09-05T06:35:54.758991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314826 2025-10-04T10:38:59.871009 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 295027 2024-10-28T17:34:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16962 2025-10-04T10:39:10.119963 application/rdf+xml 12373 2025-10-04T10:39:01.386000 image/jpeg 3280 2025-10-04T10:39:01.135089 image/jpeg 192144 2025-10-04T10:39:00.270040 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia