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J.S. Fletcher's popular murder mystery, a classic of the Edwardian mystery genre. When Hetherwick, a young lawyer, witnesses the sudden death of a fellow train passenger and the quick flight of another passenger, Hetherwick takes up the murder investigation. Through twists and turns, Hetherwick must uncover the truth of the murder. "The Charing Cross Mystery" was originally serialized under the title "Black Money."

Fletcher (1863-1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction. Aged 20 he began working in journalism as a sub-editor in London, later returning to his native Yorkshire where he worked first on the Leeds Mercury and then as special correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, covering Edward VII's coronation in 1902. Whilst his first books published were poetry, he moved on to write numerous works of historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire, which led to his selection as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 Fletcher wrote his first detective novel, eventually producing over a hundred more, many of which featured the private investigator Ronald Camberwell. This novel was first published in 1923.

This story, originally published as Black Money in 1922, by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935), is a fast-paced thriller full of surprising twists and turns. Hetherwick, a young lawyer, becomes a witness to murder riding the train late one night. Of the two men who entered his train compartment, one drops dead, for no apparent reason, as the train pulls into Charing Cross station.

Hetherwick had dined that evening with friends who lived in Cadogan Gardens, and had stayed so late in conversation with his host that midnight had come before he left and set out for his bachelor chambers in the Temple; it was, indeed, by the fraction of a second that he caught the last east-bound train at Sloane Square. The train was almost destitute of passengers; the car which he himself entered, a first-class smoking compartment, was otherwise empty; no one came into it when the train reached Victoria. But at St. James's Park two men got in, and seated themselves opposite to Hetherwick.

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