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    There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Linford Pratt is a suave and clever law clerk looking for a chance to better himself. Opportunity knocks when he gets possession of a rich man's will that would mean the ruin of the present heirs. His thoughts turn to blackmail, since he assumes the wrongful heirs would pay a high price to hang onto their wealth.

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    Pratt's personal hero is the subtle, wily diplomat Talleyrand. Self-interest is Pratt's guiding principle.

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    We watch him pondering, planning and scheming his way through one complication after another. I was a little uncomfortable at first at spending so much time inside Pratt's unpleasant head. But we sense from the start that Pratt will get his comeuppance since this is a mystery, not a tragedy.

    Watching Pratt's gradual and complex downfall is fun. There's a love story that thrives in the midst of Pratt's machinations. There are suspicious deaths and disappearances to keep things lively. And there are plenty of interesting characters. The investigators include a nice mix of amateurs and professionals - a clever old lawyer, a detective, a private inquiry agent, and a young man in love.

    The Talleyrand Maxim was first published in I enjoyed this book, although it's not my favorite J.

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    Fletcher wrote several novels of rural life in imitation of Richard Jefferies , beginning with The Wonderful Wapentake In , Fletcher wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred more, many featuring the private investigator Ronald Camberwell. Fletcher is sometimes incorrectly described as a " Golden Age " author, but he is in fact an almost exact contemporary of Conan Doyle.

    Most of his books considerably pre-date that era, and even those few published within it do not conform to the closed form and strict rules professed, if not unfailingly observed, by the Golden Age writers. He was married to the Irish writer Rosamond Langbridge , with whom he had one son, [4] Rev Valentine Fletcher, who has subsequently held various ministries across Yorkshire, including Bradford and Sedbergh. Fletcher died in , one week short of his 72nd birthday.

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    He was survived by his wife Rosamond and son Valentine. Ellis, Roger and Richard Williams, J. I took him into your room, to sit down in the easy chair. And -- he died straight off. Just, concluded Pratt, just as if he was going quietly to sleep! Hardcover , pages.

    The Talleyrand Maxim by J. S. Fletcher

    Published February 23rd by IndyPublish. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Talleyrand Maxim , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 23, Jessica Powell rated it really liked it. Really enjoyable page-turner of a murder mystery. Feb 07, Joan Thompson rated it really liked it. JS Fletcher was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age". I enjoyed this form of detective novel which is so different to modern mysteries.

    The majority of novels of that era were "whodunits", and several authors excelled, after misleading their readers successfully, in revealing JS Fletcher was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".

    The majority of novels of that era were "whodunits", and several authors excelled, after misleading their readers successfully, in revealing the least likely suspect convincingly as the villain. There was also a predilection for certain casts of characters and certain settings, with the secluded English country house and its upper-class inhabitants being very common. The rules of the game — and Golden Age mysteries were considered games — were codified in by Ronald Knox. The criminal must be mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to know.

    All supernatural or preternatural agencies are ruled out as a matter of course. Not more than one secret room or passage is allowable. No hitherto undiscovered poisons may be used, nor any appliance which will need a long scientific explanation at the end. No Chinaman must figure in the story.

    No accident must ever help the detective, nor must he ever have an unaccountable intuition which proves to be right. The detective himself must not commit the crime.

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    The Talleyrand Maxim has 67 ratings and 10 reviews. It's old Mr. Bartle, sir, he whispered. He's in your room there -- dead! Dead? exclaimed Eldrick. Dea. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.

    The detective is bound to declare any clues which he may discover. The stupid friend of the detective, the Watson, must not conceal from the reader any thoughts which pass through his mind: Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them. Sep 03, Brenda Mengeling rated it liked it Shelves: The mysteries by J. Fletcher are a little uneven--some I have really enjoyed and others not so much.

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    This book was quite good until the resolution, where everything got very tidy very quickly, which led to a disappointing finish. What Fletcher had happen pretty much had to be what happened, but it was as if he had a deadline with his publisher and only an hour to write the whole ending, so he did it as briefly as possible.

    The premise was interesting though. We follow the "bad guy" who is look The mysteries by J. We follow the "bad guy" who is looking for his chance to make it big. He works as a law clerk in a solicitor's office, so his prospects aren't all that high.

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    He turns to blackmail and extortion to get ahead.