Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Thorne, Paul Thorne, Mabel The Sheridan Road Mystery Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Sheridan Road Mystery" by Paul Thorne and Mabel Thorne is a detective novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story begins with an atmospheric and suspenseful crime scene, where the protagonist, Detective Sergeant Murphy, is drawn into a potential murder investigation initiated by a gunshot heard in an apartment building. The early chapters introduce intriguing characters, including a suspicious tenant named Marsh and Detective Sergeant Morgan, who eventually takes the lead in unraveling the mystery surrounding the empty apartment and a possible crime involving counterfeit money. The opening of the novel sets a tense and engaging tone, with Policeman Murphy's nighttime patrol leading him to a scene of chaos and uncertainty. After hearing sounds of a struggle followed by a gunshot, he meets Marsh, a resident of the building who expresses concern about a likely murder occurring in the flat above. As police investigations unfold, Murphy's initial suspicions are further complicated by Marsh's mysterious demeanor and motives. The narrative shifts focus to Detective Morgan, who begins digging deeper into both the crime scene and the relationships between the building's tenants, particularly the potentially intertwined lives of the Marshes and the Atwoods, leading to the thrilling premise of secrets and deceptions lurking beneath the surface. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories, American PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 357899 2025-07-02T08:42:03.439828 text/html 347400 2021-01-09T00:36:10 text/html 202979 2025-07-02T08:42:10.623800 application/epub+zip 208288 2025-07-02T08:42:06.307843 application/epub+zip 193813 2025-07-02T08:42:05.195854 application/epub+zip 385765 2025-07-02T08:42:13.837795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372927 2025-07-02T08:42:09.925860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329222 2022-09-02T11:47:04.189525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326181 2025-07-02T08:42:02.547860 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 326151 2021-01-09T00:36:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18082 2025-07-02T08:42:13.972782 application/rdf+xml 14276 2025-07-02T08:42:05.694846 image/jpeg 3889 2025-07-02T08:42:05.443851 image/jpeg 121929 2021-01-09T00:36:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 119636 2021-01-09T00:36:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 197281 2025-07-02T08:42:03.501859 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