The Mystery of Ravensdene Court

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The Mystery of Ravensdene Court (1922)
by J. S. Fletcher, illustrated by Harry Fisk
Extracted from Everybody's Magazine, 1922 Jan, pp. 4–24; Feb, pp. 111–134; March, pp. 141–170. Published in book form as Ravensdene Court (1922).

The story begins with Salter Quick in search of a graveyard, “or it might be two, or it might be three, where there's gravestones what bears a name—name of Netherfield.” That's a mysterious enough beginning for a mystery story. The search for a name upon a gravestone is the beginning of a search for a fortune, and there are thrills aplenty before the treasure is found. -ad in the previous issue.

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“What's that?” he snapped out. “You met a man—hereabouts—asked you if you knew where there was graves with a certain name on 'em? And that name was Netherfield?”


The Mystery of

Ravensdene Court


By J. S. Fletcher


Illustrations by Harry Fisk


 (not listed in original)


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1935, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 88 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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