The Great Skene Mystery by Bernard Capes

The Great Skene Mystery, written by Bernard Capes, is a novel that revolves around the investigation of a series of strange occurrences in a small town called Skene. The story follows the protagonist, a detective named John, as he tries to unravel the mystery behind these events, which include unexplained noises, disappearances, and supernatural phenomena. As John delves deeper into the case, he discovers that the strange occurrences are connected to an ancient curse that has been placed upon the town. The curse is said to have been put in place by a powerful sorcerer who was wronged by the people of Skene many years ago. Despite the challenges and dangers he faces, John remains determined to solve the mystery and lift the curse, even if it means putting himself in harm's way. Will he be able to uncover the truth behind the Great Skene Mystery, or will the curse prove too powerful to overcome?

By Bernard Capes · First published 1908 · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller · 37 chapters · 111,939 words

First lines

Forty-Five years ago, one February evening, the fog lay thick over Clapham suburb. Generated in the fat sink of Lambeth, it had come sweltering up by way of the Westminster Bridge and Kennington Roads; had poured, like smoke from a range, through the bars of the pike-gate by the church; had pressed on, rolling up the last levels of twilight in front of it, past the "Swan," at Stockwell, and the "Bedford Arms" beyond -- before each of which popular hostelries it had deployed, in order to post its pickets in a dozen of fuddled brains -- and, thence shouldering its passage densely through the main channel of the High Street, had flowed out and camped itself sluggishly among the gorse bushes of the open common to the south.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Bernard Capes
• Date: 1908 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Detective
• Length: 111,939 words
• Structure: 37 chapters, 2,302 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Genres

• Mystery — The book primarily revolves around uncovering a puzzling situation or event, hence aligns with the mystery genre
• Crime — The plot involves an investigation into a crime, making this book also fall into the crime genre
• Thriller — The storyline is infused with suspenseful elements often associated with the thriller genre
• Detective — The book features the investigation of a detective figure, which is a key feature of the detective genre

Tags

mystery · thriller · detective · crime · suspense · whodunit · plot twist · red herring · clue · investigation · sleuth · murder

Contents

• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER III
• AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
• I COME OF AGE AND TO A DETERMINATION
• THE LODGE IN THE CADDLE
• A YOUNG LADY'S CHASTENING - PHASE ONE
• A YOUNG LADY'S CHASTENING - PHASE TWO
• MY FIRST ENLIGHTENMENT
• MORGIANA
• THE WRITING ON THE WALL
• I VISIT CLAPHAM
• EDITORIAL
• AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
• AN ODD RECOGNITION
• JOHNNY DANDO
• TWO INTERVIEWS AND A DISCOVERY
• THE LETTER IN THE BOOK
• A STRANGE ENCOUNTER
• NURSE ELLEN'S "YOUNG MAN"
• TELEGRAMS
• LADY SKENE KNEELS TO ME
• ANTONIO GEOLETTI
• SNOW AND FIRE
• A VISIT FROM MR DALSTON
• GEOLETTI TELLS HIS STORY
• I ACCEPT THE BURDEN OF PROOF
• JOHNNY AT HOME
• I REVISIT MOTHER CAREY
• CORRESPONDENCE
• ON THE SCENT
• THE BODY IN THE CAVE
• HARD PRESSED
• A NOTABLE INTERLUDE
• RUN TO EARTH
• A REST BY THE WAY
• THE GREAT SKENE CASE

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• The Will and the Way (1909)
• The Moon Stricken (1892)
• Jack and Jill (1887)
• The Vanishing House (1905)
• Dark Dignum (1908)
• William Tyrwhitt's "Copy" (1893)
• A Lazy Romance (1894)
• Black Venn (1924)
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