Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 130 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith The Middle of Things Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Middle of Things" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Richard Viner, a young gentleman who finds himself entangled in a murder mystery when he discovers a body in a dark passageway near his home. The opening chapters introduce a clever interplay between Viner and his aunt, Miss Bethia Penkridge, who has a fascination with sensational fiction, which runs parallel to the unfolding real-life crime. At the start of the novel, Viner spends an evening reading to his aunt, only to later witness a shocking murder as he takes his customary late-night stroll. The victim is soon identified as Mr. Ashton, a man of mysterious background and wealth, who has just arrived from Australia. As the police investigate, and Viner becomes a key witness, the story unfolds with layers of intrigue surrounding Ashton's life, including references to a secret that could potentially impact influential families in England. The opening portion effectively sets up a highly engaging mystery filled with suspense and various characters whose connections to the deceased promise further developments in the plot. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 492718 2025-07-04T10:09:37.347985 text/html 492539 2025-01-12T18:30:00.219500 text/html 235207 2025-07-04T10:09:44.308913 application/epub+zip 242140 2025-07-04T10:09:39.105941 application/epub+zip 242140 2025-07-04T10:09:38.018993 application/epub+zip 439168 2025-07-04T10:09:48.433887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401821 2025-07-04T10:09:43.611970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380247 2022-09-05T05:58:09.738779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441966 2025-07-04T10:09:36.928016 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 441952 2020-12-27T02:15:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 441943 2020-12-27T02:15:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19483 2025-07-04T10:09:48.563881 application/rdf+xml 11597 2025-07-04T10:09:38.498931 image/jpeg 3113 2025-07-04T10:09:38.256935 image/jpeg 159284 2020-12-27T02:15:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 159258 2020-12-27T02:15:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 230011 2025-07-04T10:09:37.383967 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