Project Gutenberg 2007-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 241 Walk, Charles Edmonds 1875 1942 McFall, J. V. The Paternoster Ruby Produced by Al Haines "The Paternoster Ruby" by Charles Edmonds Walk is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a mysterious murder case involving a wealthy financier, Felix Page, and two principal characters, Alexander Burke, his private secretary, and Royal Maillot, a young lawyer with a hidden agenda. As the investigation unfolds, themes of ambition, betrayal, and the consequences of greed come to light, particularly concerning the coveted Paternoster ruby. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the protagonist, a detective named Swift, who is called to investigate the murder of financier Felix Page. As Swift navigates through the case, he encounters Burke and Maillot, both of whom were present in the house at the time of the crime. The atmosphere is tense as Burke's stoic nature contrasts sharply with Maillot's emotional outbursts, hinting at deeper conflicts and secrets surrounding their relationships and motives involving the mysterious ruby. As the narrative progresses, it becomes apparent that the tensions between Page, his nephew, and rival Fluette intersect perilously with the enigma of the ruby, setting the stage for uncovering complex layers of deception and ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 479786 2025-06-09T10:21:53.369916 text/html 469832 2009-12-28T09:20:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 424318 2009-12-28T09:21:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 509609 2025-06-09T10:22:03.658403 application/epub+zip 518496 2025-06-09T10:21:56.798904 application/epub+zip 249021 2025-06-09T10:21:55.297948 application/epub+zip 711584 2025-06-09T10:22:08.556343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693252 2025-06-09T10:22:02.631464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406026 2022-09-10T12:00:00.014510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431096 2025-06-09T10:21:51.896948 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 430862 2009-12-28T09:20:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 167936 2009-12-28T09:21:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 430854 2009-12-28T09:20:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 167879 2009-12-28T09:21:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20035 2025-06-09T10:22:09.397332 application/rdf+xml 13318 2025-06-09T10:21:55.868914 image/jpeg 3508 2025-06-09T10:21:55.582907 image/jpeg 495143 2025-06-09T10:21:53.427980 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