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The Chestermarke Instinct

J. S. Fletcher
(1863 - 1935)

Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have unaccountably refused to call in the police to investigate the theft from their bank. When Betty Fosdyke shows up to visit her Uncle John, she finds it past belief that he would simply disappear – let alone that he would commit larceny. Unable to simply sit by and wait while a detective from Scotland Yard investigates, Betty elicits the help of the chief clerk at Chestermarke’s bank and launches into the middle of the mystery.

Read by MaryAnn Spiegel

Running Time:7:20:51 in 6 Audio CDs

1 01 - The Missing Bank Manager - 15:09
2 02 - The Ellersdeane Deposit - 14:01
3 03 - Mr. Chestermarke Disclaims Liability - 13:40
4 04 - The Modern Young Woman - 14:22
5 05 - The Search Begins - 14:02
6 06 - Ellersdeane Hollow - 15:00
7 07 - The Travelling Tinker - 14:26
8 08 - The Saturday Night Stranger - 14:27
9 09 - No Further Information - 13:46
10 10 - The Chestermarke Way - 14:21
11 11 - The Search-Warrant - 15:35
12 12 - The First Find - 14:38
13 13 - The Partners Unbend - 15:52
14 14 - The Midnight Summons - 15:54
15 15 - Mr. Frederick Hollis - 13:43
16 16 - The Lead Mine - 16:37
17 17 - Accident or Murder - 13:32
18 18 - The Incomplete Cheque - 15:21
19 19 - The Dead Man's Brother - 15:58
20 20 - The Other Cheque - 12:52
21 21 - Cent per Cent - 18:21
22 22 - Speculation -- and Certainty - 13:11
23 23 - The Aggrieved Victim - 14:39
24 24 - Mrs. Carswell? - 11:27
25 25 - The Portrait - 12:24
26 26 - The Lightening Flash - 12:31
27 27 - The Old Dove-Cot - 10:40
28 28 - Sound-Proof - 09:18
29 29 - The Sparrows and the Sphere - 16:30
30 30 - Wreckage - 08:45
31 31 - The Prisoner Speaks - 19:44

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