Project Gutenberg 2025-03-02 Public domain in the USA. 189 King, Rufus 1893 1966 Murder by the clock $aGarden City, NY :$bDoubleday, Doran & Compnay, Inc., $c1928, copyright 1929. Brian Raiter "Murder by the Clock" by Rufus King is a detective novel written in the late 1920s. The story centers around Mrs. Endicott, who fears for her husband Herbert's safety and calls upon the police for assistance, leading to the discovery of a dead body in his room. As the narrative unfolds, Detective Lieutenant Valcour investigates the circumstances surrounding the murder, including the strained relationships and hidden secrets that could provide motives for the crime. At the start of the story, Mrs. Endicott is consumed with anxiety over her husband, whom she suspects is in danger due to his involvement with a mysterious woman named Marge Myles. As she expresses her concerns to Lieutenant Valcour, tension builds when his investigation reveals various clues, including a threatening note and evidence of a struggle. The chilling discovery of Herbert's body in the cupboard escalates the urgency of Valcour's investigation, leading to intricate examinations of marriage dynamics, potential motives for murder, and the shocking twists that lie ahead as the night unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101866355 20250222081832king 1928 US Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 378272 2025-06-30T03:52:24.605332 text/html 352581 2025-03-02T07:43:12 text/html 296117 2025-06-30T03:52:30.550291 application/epub+zip 295708 2025-06-30T03:52:25.648395 application/epub+zip 241841 2025-06-30T03:52:25.090336 application/epub+zip 396164 2025-06-30T03:52:34.348286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368799 2025-06-30T03:52:30.154302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346130 2025-06-30T03:52:23.867380 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 326407 2025-03-02T07:43:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15693 2025-06-30T03:52:34.489289 application/rdf+xml 4755 2025-06-30T03:52:25.264317 image/jpeg 1335 2025-06-30T03:52:25.177333 image/jpeg 247809 2025-06-30T03:52:24.637335 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