Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 237 Tracy, Louis 1863 1928 Holmes, Gordon Number Seventeen Number 17 Produced by Jim Weiler, xooqi.com "Number Seventeen" by Louis Tracy is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Francis Berrold Theydon, an artist, who becomes entangled in a murder mystery after witnessing a chance encounter with a beautiful woman and her father outside a theater. Theydon’s seemingly mundane life takes a dramatic turn as he finds himself wrapped in intrigue following the discovery of a murder in his residential block, leading him to question the true identity of the mysterious visitor he heard the previous night. The opening of the novel introduces Theydon and details a series of events that unfold on a rainy night after a theater performance. As he waits for a cab, he observes a striking young woman, Evelyn, with her father but dismisses the encounter as inconsequential. However, the plot thickens when he learns that a woman named Mrs. Lester, who lived in the neighboring flat, has been murdered. Theydon, portrayed as perceptive yet impulsive, grapples with his observations of the stranger who visited Mrs. Lester, prompting tension between his thoughts and his responsibility as a witness. The opening sets a tone of suspense and curiosity, hinting at deeper connections between the characters and the impending investigation that they will all become part of. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 440189 2025-10-02T12:57:43.674945 text/html 440995 2017-12-10T10:14:56 text/html 239167 2025-10-02T12:57:50.692398 application/epub+zip 246306 2025-10-02T12:57:45.607382 application/epub+zip 246306 2025-10-02T12:57:44.359919 application/epub+zip 444018 2025-10-02T12:57:54.503393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431732 2025-10-02T12:57:49.990402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409635 2022-09-03T05:18:51.928177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423690 2025-10-02T12:57:42.850895 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 423621 2017-12-10T10:14:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 423612 2017-12-10T10:14:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20036 2025-10-02T12:57:54.635342 application/rdf+xml 14356 2025-10-02T12:57:44.906415 image/jpeg 3453 2025-10-02T12:57:44.611913 image/jpeg 165830 2017-12-10T10:15:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 168674 2017-12-10T10:15:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 165807 2017-12-10T10:15:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 239412 2025-10-02T12:57:43.710918 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