Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 290 Watson, John R. (John Reay) 1872 Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John) 1872 1942 The Hampstead Mystery E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Hampstead Mystery" by John R. Watson and Arthur J. Rees is a detective novel written during the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of a gruesome murder in Hampstead, the narrative follows Detective-Inspector Chippenfield from Scotland Yard as he investigates the shocking death of High Court Judge Sir Horace Fewbanks, who has been mysteriously murdered in his own home. The opening of the book introduces the immediate aftermath of Sir Horace's murder, beginning with a frantic phone call to the Hampstead Police Station, alerting officials to the crime. Detective-Inspector Chippenfield urgently requests assistance as he learns that the judge, initially thought to be in Scotland, has seemingly returned to his house, only to turn up dead. Inspector Seldon, upon arriving at the crime scene, discovers the body beneath disturbing circumstances, igniting a series of inquiries into the motive and the identity of the murderer. As the investigation unfolds, it hints at deeper complexities and entanglements within Sir Horace's life, setting the stage for a tantalizing mystery filled with twists and turns. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories England -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 683843 2025-10-04T10:50:21.538657 text/html 683849 683678 2024-11-05T03:48:51.719372 2023-10-05T04:55:26.234515 text/html text/html 316204 2025-10-04T10:50:30.448604 application/epub+zip 325832 2025-10-04T10:50:24.373662 application/epub+zip 303898 2025-10-04T10:50:23.227698 application/epub+zip 577786 2025-10-04T10:50:35.291638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534458 2025-10-04T10:50:29.698740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506055 2022-09-05T06:50:43.581656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630308 2025-10-04T10:50:21.004726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 610463 2024-10-28T17:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17360 2025-10-04T10:50:35.428598 application/rdf+xml 14549 2025-10-04T10:50:23.714688 image/jpeg 3577 2025-10-04T10:50:23.471693 image/jpeg 310823 2025-10-04T10:50:21.587682 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