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    The Secret of the Barbican
    Audiobook50 minutes

    The Secret of the Barbican

    Written by J. S. Fletcher

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian golden age of the short story.

    The Secret of the Barbican is the story of a small-town solicitor who on a chance visit to a local museum in a distant town discovers a set of rare siege coins. He instantly recognizes them as the set of coins which had been stolen from his own town corporation many years previously. He immediately sets out to investigate...and the thief's trail takes him to some quite extraordinary places....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting Audio
    Release dateMar 20, 2017
    ISBN9781509432660
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    The Secret of the Barbican
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    J. S. Fletcher

    Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a journalist and the author of over 200 books. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, he studied law before turning to journalism. His earlier works were either histories or historical fiction, and he was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He didn't start writing mysteries until 1914, though before he died he had written over 100 in the genre.

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