Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 141 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith Dead Men's Money Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Dead Men's Money" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young man named Hugh Moneylaws, whose life takes a dramatic turn when a suspicious lodger, James Gilverthwaite, comes to stay at his mother’s home. As events unfold, the plot thickens with themes of murder, secrets, and a significant amount of money that complicates the situation further. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Hugh Moneylaws, who observes the enigmatic Gilverthwaite arriving at their home. The man, boasting of wealth and mysterious origins, soon engages Hugh in secretive dealings that set the stage for impending danger. After a series of unusual occurrences, including Gilverthwaite falling ill and sending Hugh to deliver a message under dubious circumstances, the narrative escalates when Hugh discovers a murdered man near the appointed meeting place. Caught in a web of intrigue involving money and unresolved identities, Hugh must navigate the chaos that unfolds, leading him into the depths of a perilous mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 480248 2025-08-05T14:32:09.463231 text/html 480227 480106 2024-11-05T16:29:43.510173 2023-10-06T04:36:49.428113 text/html text/html 239078 2025-08-05T14:32:16.295084 application/epub+zip 245524 2025-08-05T14:32:11.336107 application/epub+zip 245523 2025-08-05T14:32:10.148146 application/epub+zip 463269 2025-08-05T14:32:20.309063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425037 2025-08-05T14:32:15.575145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398896 2022-09-06T19:29:36.622457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439214 2025-08-05T14:32:09.065175 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 419521 2024-10-28T19:18:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16776 2025-08-05T14:32:20.449060 application/rdf+xml 14383 2025-08-05T14:32:10.673102 image/jpeg 3635 2025-08-05T14:32:10.425106 image/jpeg 236014 2025-08-05T14:32:09.500144 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