Project Gutenberg 2012-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 211 Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry) 1887 1949 Bedford-Jones, Henry James O'Brien Wycliffe, John Hawkwood, Allan Howitt, John Newton 1885 1958 21010334 The Mardi Gras Mystery Produced by Darleen Dove, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Mardi Gras Mystery" by H. Bedford-Jones is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the intriguing and chaotic atmosphere of the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, where the enigmatic character Jachin Fell finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a notorious thief known as the Midnight Masquer. Throughout the novel, readers are introduced to a variety of characters, including a doctor and a young woman caught up in the social fabric of the Carnival, as they navigate themes of identity, deception, and the allure of the hidden. The opening of the story sets the stage for the unfolding mystery as Jachin Fell patiently awaits Dr. Cyril Ansley at the Chess and Checkers Club, all while the festive chaos of Mardi Gras swirls outside. As they discuss the rumored appearance of the Midnight Masquer, who has been robbing various gatherings, they touch upon the excitement and danger that the festivities bring to the city. The narrative introduces several key characters, such as the mysterious Jachin Fell and Doctor Ansley, who represent the social elite drawn into the whirl of Carnival delights. The tension builds as the duo plans to attend a party hosted by banker Joseph Maillard, laying the groundwork for potential theft and unraveling secrets during the height of the Carnival celebrations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39229/39229-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 413029 2025-06-16T04:59:58.120850 text/html 436027 2012-05-22T09:21:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 666051 2012-05-22T09:21:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 522615 2025-06-16T05:00:05.009871 application/epub+zip 525701 2025-06-16T04:59:59.400859 application/epub+zip 223969 2025-06-16T04:59:58.733862 application/epub+zip 653999 2025-06-16T05:00:09.420819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611940 2025-06-16T05:00:04.308800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310266 2022-09-18T04:33:35.530851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350300 2025-06-16T04:59:56.973834 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 350059 2012-05-22T09:20:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133404 2012-05-22T09:21:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350050 2012-05-22T09:20:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133342 2012-05-22T09:21:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21722 2025-06-16T05:00:09.589783 application/rdf+xml 20058 2025-06-16T04:59:58.844850 image/jpeg 2796 2025-06-16T04:59:58.788850 image/jpeg 664676 2025-06-16T04:59:58.169854 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