The Middle of Things Illustrated

Joseph Smith Fletcher - The Middle Of ThingsEnglish writer Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935) was an author who wrote more than 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age". --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. This is my favorite J. S. Fletcher mystery so far, and I'm as big a fan of this prolific writer as his numerous avid readers were in the twenties. Fletcher turned out mysteries to the tune of three a year. But The Middle of Things is as witty, clever and well written as if the author devoted years to it.Richard Viner, "a young gentleman of means and leisure," takes his habitual late walk one night and encounters the body of a murdered man in a dark passageway. From that point on, Viner finds himself in the middle of things. Accused of the murder is an old school mate of Viner's who's gone down in the world. Viner makes it his mission to find the real murderer.