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As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagine the shocking chain of events that he is about to set into motion. This best-selling mystery novel was first published in 1901 and remains an entertaining mix of detective work, courtroom drama and family intrigue.
The will vanishes before the inquest; you get to mistrust everyone in the library.
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A signed will turns a gracious family morning into a house of gathering unease.
A family estate slips out of its morning calm after breakfast, as Hugh Mainwaring withdraws to the library with his secretary and attorney while the younger guests ride and the older household keeps to familiar routines.
A family confrontation turns a private library into the center of a murder mystery.
Fair Oaks turns volatile as a private accusation spills into public scandal and then into murder. Hugh Mainwaring's library becomes the pressure point for a household already strained by inheritance, family loyalty, and old grievances: Mrs.
Victorian dread, read with grave restraint.
Chapter 4 of That Mainwaring Affair, "A Terrible Awakening," moves from Mrs.
Chapter 6 of That Mainwaring Affair stages Hugh Mainwaring's inquest as reporters gather at Fair Oaks over his death, missing will, and family jewels.
Mrs. LaGrange identifies herself as Hugh Mainwaring's unacknowledged wife and names Richard Hobson as their marriage witness.
Miss Carlton warns Scott that Mrs. LaGrange has marshaled witnesses against him.
That Mainwaring Affair: "Tangled Threads" examines Hugh Mainwaring's murder through servant testimony and missing family jewels at Fair Oaks.
A chapter from a classic mystery novel involving a will contest, a suicide, and a missing witness.
A man secretly follows a mysterious figure from a train in a stormy western mining city, tracking him to an address.
A reading of Chapter 26 of a classic mystery novel, where the Mainwaring inheritance case goes to court amid unresolved murder mystery.
A courtroom scene unfolds as a casket is brought in and identified as the deceased Hugh Mainwaring, causing emotional upheaval.