The Viaduct Murder by Ronald A. Knox
The Viaduct Murder unfolds around a murder near a golf course, leading to a complex investigation filled with mistaken identities, hidden motives, and a web of deceit among the characters involved. As the story progresses, the intricate relationships and secrets of those connected to the crime are revealed, challenging the detectives to untangle the truth.
By Ronald A. Knox · First published 1925 · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction · 25 chapters · 72,852 words
First lines
Nothing is ever wasted. The death of the animal fertilizes the vegetable world: bees swarm in the disused pillar-box; sooner or later, somebody will find a use for the munition-factories. And the old country-seats of feudal England, that bask among their figured terraces, frowning at the ignoble tourist down secular avenues and thrusting back the high-road he travels by into respectful detours -- these too, although the family have long since decided that it is too expensive to live there, and the agents smile at the idea of letting them like one humouring a child, have their place in the hero-tenanted England of today. The house itself may be condemned to the scrapheap, but you can always make a golf-course out of the Park. Acres, that for centuries have scorned the weight of the plough, have their stubborn glebe broken with the niblick, and overpopulated greens recall the softness and the trimness of earlier lawns. Ghosts of an earlier day will walk there, perhaps, but you can always play through them.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Ronald A. Knox
- Date: 1925 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction, Thriller, Literary Fiction
- Length: 72,852 words
- Structure: 25 chapters, 1,143 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Mystery — The plot revolves around a murder investigation, central to the mystery genre.
- Crime — The narrative involves criminal activities and the consequences of murder.
- Detective Fiction — Features a detective or investigator solving the murder case.
- Thriller — Contains suspenseful elements and tension related to the murder.
Tags
mystery · murder · detective · crime · whodunit · suspense · investigation · clue · plot twist · fiction · British literature · 20th century
Contents
- The Paston Oatvile Dormy-House
- In the Rough
- Piecing it Together
- Endless Clues
- On the Railway
- The Movements of Mr. Davenant
- Carmichael's Account of It
- The Inquest, and a Fresh Clue
- The Animated Picture
- In which a Book is more Communicative than a Lady
- A Funeral and a Vigil
- A Search with Piano Accompaniment
- The Man in the Passage
- A Chase, Ending with a Surprise
- Gordon Takes the Opportunity to Philosophize
- Reeves Promises to do his Best
- By which Train?
- The Holmes Method
- Mordaunt Reeves Talks to Himself
- Proof at Last
- The Test
- In the Fog
- Marryatt Breaks the Pledge
- Gordon Offers the Consolation of Philosophy
- The Dull Facts