Project Gutenberg 2019-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 277 Crofts, Freeman Wills 1879 1957 The Cask Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask Produced by Stephen Lins "The Cask" by Freeman Wills Crofts is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The book revolves around a mysterious murder tied to a cask that contains both money and a severed hand, suggesting a deeper crime. The narrative introduces Mr. Broughton, a young clerk at the Insular and Continental Steam Navigation Company, who discovers the cask during an inspection and becomes embroiled in the unraveling mystery. The opening of the story sets the stage with Broughton at the docks, where he oversees the unloading of a consignment from the ship "Bullfinch." While inspecting the casks, he stumbles upon an unusual barrel that, despite its wine label, holds a disturbing secret: the visible fingers of a woman's hand. Shocked and intrigued, Broughton shares his findings with his foreman, Harkness, and together, they uncover a cache of gold coins within the cask, leading to their initial suspicions that something sinister has occurred. As they resolve to investigate further, they encounter Mr. Léon Felix, a man claiming ownership of the cask. This encounter sets in motion a sequence of events that blur the lines between innocence and guilt, compelling Broughton to report his findings and triggering the involvement of Scotland Yard. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Police -- England -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 718848 2025-07-24T03:47:13.626042 text/html 717712 2019-09-18T10:26:26 text/html 563248 2025-07-24T03:47:21.423445 application/epub+zip 575266 2025-07-24T03:47:14.607511 application/epub+zip 333078 2025-07-24T03:47:14.116002 application/epub+zip 791248 2025-07-24T03:47:27.300448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 747576 2025-07-24T03:47:20.979447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505903 2022-09-27T04:05:00.158468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672680 2025-07-24T03:47:11.607003 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 672898 2019-09-18T10:26:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19044 2025-07-24T03:47:27.467453 application/rdf+xml 16989 2025-07-24T03:47:14.222999 image/jpeg 3468 2025-07-24T03:47:14.168980 image/jpeg 242965 2019-09-18T10:26:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 538449 2019-09-18T10:26:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 541279 2025-07-24T03:47:13.688010 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