Picture of author.

J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935)

Author of The Middle Temple Murder

197+ Works 1,426 Members 46 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: Fletcher J S, J.S. Fletcher, Joseph S. Fletcher, Joseph Smith Fletcher, Smith Joseph Fletcher, Joseph Fletcher Smith

Image credit: mysteryfile

Series

Works by J. S. Fletcher

The Middle Temple Murder (1919) 196 copies
Scarhaven Keep (1920) 67 copies
The Middle of Things (1922) 60 copies
The Paradise Mystery (1920) 59 copies
Dead Men's Money (1919) 55 copies
The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1921) 46 copies
The Borough Treasurer (1921) 45 copies
Ravensdene Court (1922) 44 copies
The Herapath Property (1920) 38 copies
The Charing Cross Mystery (1922) 37 copies
The Chestermarke Instinct (1921) 34 copies
The Talleyrand Maxim (1921) 33 copies
In the Days of Drake: A Historical Novel (1911) 29 copies
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) 28 copies
In the Mayor's Parlour (1922) 26 copies
The Mazaroff Murder (2020) 20 copies
The Cartwright Gardens Murder (1926) 19 copies
The Markenmore mystery, (1923) 17 copies
The Root of All Evil (2012) 14 copies
Marchester Royal (1909) 12 copies
Yorkshire Moorland Murder (1930) 11 copies
The Murder at Wrides Park (1931) 10 copies
Murder in the Squire's Pew (1932) 10 copies
Murder of the Lawyer's Clerk (1933) 10 copies
The Diamond Murders (1904) 10 copies
Murder in Four Degrees (1931) 10 copies
The Dressing Room Murder (1931) 9 copies
Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932) 9 copies
The Lost Mr. Linthwaite (1923) 8 copies
The Mystery of Lynne Court (1916) 8 copies
The Bedford Row Mystery (1925) 8 copies
The South Foreland murder (1930) 8 copies
The Collected Mysteries of J.S. Fletcher (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 8 copies
The Safety Pin (1924) 8 copies
The Adventures of Archer Dawe, Sleuth-Hound (1909) 8 copies
Exterior to the Evidence (1923) 7 copies
Murder of the Only Witness (1933) 7 copies
The Kang-He Vase (1926) 7 copies
The J.S. Fletcher Mystery Collection: 13 Classic Novels (2013) 7 copies
Todmanhawe Grange (1937) 7 copies
The Copper Box (1923) 7 copies
The Bartenstein Mystery (1927) 6 copies
When Charles the First Was King (1986) 6 copies
The Murder in the Pallant (1928) 6 copies
The Borgia Cabinet (2019) 6 copies
Delphi Collected Works of J. S. Fletcher US (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Ten Book 25) (2020) 6 copies
The Mortover Grange Affair (1926) 6 copies
The Passenger to Folkestone (1927) 6 copies
The Mysterious Chinaman (1923) 6 copies
The Million Dollar Diamond: A Crime Story 5 copies
The Enchanting North (1908) 5 copies
The Missing Chancellor (1926) 5 copies
The Shadow of Ravenscliffe (1914) 5 copies
The Other Sense [short story] (2010) 5 copies
The Ebony Box (1934) 5 copies
The Ransom for London (2013) 5 copies
The Black House in Harley Street (1923) 5 copies
The New Sun [short story] (2014) 5 copies
Sea Fog (2021) 5 copies
Mr. Poskitt's Nightcaps (1910) 4 copies
Old Lattimer's legacy (1929) 4 copies
The Ivory God (2010) 4 copies
Perris Of The Cherry Trees 4 copies
The Eleventh Hour (1935) 4 copies
The Mystery of the Hushing Pool (1917) 4 copies
The Seven Day's Secret (1930) 4 copies
Nooks & corners of Yorkshire 4 copies
The Mystery at Merrill's Mill [Short Story] 4 copies
The Fletcher Omnibus: The Middle Temple Murder / The Orange-Yellow Diamond / The Amaranth Club (1919) 4 copies
The Mill of Many Windows (1925) 4 copies
False Scent (1925) 4 copies
The Guarded Room (1931) 4 copies
Cobweb Castle (1928) 4 copies
The reformation in northern England, six lectures (1971) 4 copies
The Harvest Moon (2009) 4 copies
The Valley of Headstrong Men 3 copies
The Secret Cargo (1938) 3 copies
The Man in No. 3 and Other Stories of Crime, Love, and Mystery 3 copies
The Secret of the Barbican, and Other Stories (1977) 3 copies
The investigators (2013) 3 copies
The Golden Spur (1925) 3 copies
The Charing Cross Mystery Annotated 3 copies
The Heaven-Kissed Hill (1924) 3 copies
The Amaranth Club (1925) 3 copies
The Burma Ruby 3 copies
A short life of Cardinal Newman (2009) 3 copies
The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand [short story] (2015) 3 copies
The Wonderful City (Prologue Crime) (1898) 3 copies
The Three Days' Terror 3 copies
The Flamstock Mystery (1930) 3 copies
The green rope (1927) 3 copies
J. S. FLETCHER: 17 Novels & 28 Short Stories, Including Detective Mysteries, Adventure Novels, Crime Stories &… (2017) 3 copies
Hardican's Hollow (1927) 3 copies
The History of the St Leger Stakes (1926) 3 copies
The Box Hill Murder (1929) 3 copies
At the Gate of the Fold 3 copies
British Mysteries - Boxed Set: 40 Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & Crime Stories: The Mill House Murder, Dead… (2017) 3 copies
The Great Brighton Mystery 3 copies
The House in Tuesday Market (1929) 3 copies
J. S. Fletcher: The Mysteries Collection (2019) 3 copies
The Matheson Formula (1929) 3 copies
The Wrist Mark (1928) 3 copies
The King versus Wargrave (1996) 3 copies
The Double Chance (1928) 3 copies
The Golden Venture 2 copies
The Wolves and the Lamb (1929) 2 copies
Mystery Vase: crime classic (2018) 2 copies
A Picturesque History of Yorkshire (1899) 2 copies
The making of modern Yorkshire, 1750-1914 (1918) 2 copies
Murder of the Secret Agent (1934) 2 copies
Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology (2019) 2 copies
The Cistercians in Yorkshire (2010) 2 copies
Yorkshiremen of the Restoration (2010) 2 copies
The Ravenswood Mystery and Other Stories (1929) 2 copies
A Book About Yorkshire 2 copies
The Judge Corroborates [short story] 2 copies
Through Storm And Stress (1892) 2 copies
Andrewlina (2010) 2 copies
The Secret Way (1924) 2 copies
The winding way (2010) 2 copies
At the Blue Bell Inn (1898) 2 copies
The Solution of a Mystery (1932) 2 copies
3 Star Omnibus (1936) 2 copies
The Secret of Secrets 2 copies
Pasquinado 2 copies
I'd venture all for thee!: A romance of the Yorkshire coast, 1746, 2 copies
The Paths of the Prudent (1899) 2 copies
Paradise Court (2013) 2 copies
The Annexation Society (1929) 2 copies
Anthony Everton 2 copies
The Mystery of the London Banker (1933) 2 copies
The Fine Air Of Morning (1912) 2 copies
O inimigo na Sombra 1 copy
The Works of J. S. Fletcher 1 copy
Picturesque History of Yorkshire. Being an Account of the History, Topography and Antiquities of the Cities, Towns and… 1 copy
The Town of Crooked Ways (1986) 1 copy
Anima Christi (2010) 1 copy
Pontefract (1920) [Illustrated] (2011) 1 copy
The Story Of The English Towns Leeds (2011) 1 copy
Frank Carisbroke's stratagem: or, Lost and won 1 copy
Der einzige Zeuge Verbrechen in Mannersley (2 Bände im Set!) (Best of!) (1955) 1 copy
Collected Verse 1 copy
The Pinfold (1928) 1 copy
Picturesque History of Yorkshire. Being an Account of the History, Topography and Antiquities of the Cities, Towns and… (1900) 1 copy
Picturesque History of Yorkshire. Being an Account of the History, Topography and Antiquities of the Cities, Towns and… 1 copy
Cheerful by Request 1 copy
Murder in a small world: crime classic (2018) 1 copy
Cistercians in Yorkshire [Illustrated] (2011) 1 copy
O vaso chinês 1 copy
Collected Works of J S Fletcher Parts Edition 1 copy
LA TRAMPA. (1945) 1 copy
Drama i klädloge 1 copy
When Lightning Strikes Twice 1 copy
Picturesque history of Yorkshire (v.3) 1 copy
False Scent: A British Murder Mystery (Leminous Crime Fiction) 1 copy
J.S. Fletcher, Collection novels (2014) 1 copy
The Mystery Of The London Banker 1 copy
BRITISH MYSTERIES - Boxed Set: 40+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & Crime Stories: The Mill House Murder, Dead… 1 copy
The Manor House Mystery [short story] 1 copy
From the Broad Acres (1899) 1 copy
The Wonderful Wapentake 1 copy
Behind the Monocle 1 copy
God's Failures: Short Stories (2011) 1 copy
The Builders (1897) 1 copy
Where Highways Cross (2019) 1 copy
Behind the Monocle and Other Stories (1977) 1 copy
The Man in the Fur Coat and Other Stories (1932) 1 copy
The Middle of Things & In the Mayor's Parlour (J.S. Fletcher Murder Mystery Classics Book 10) (2013) 1 copy
From the Adventures of Turco Bullwrthy, his Dog Shrimp and his friend Dick Wynyard 1 copy
The Harvesters (1900) 1 copy
Walter Trelawney 1 copy
Det gåtfulla mordet 1 copy
BLUE BOOK [BLUEBOOK] MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1925 VOL. 40, NO. 4 [including "THE CHOCOLATE BOX"] 1 copy
Green Ink and other stories 1 copy
Lucian the Dreamer (2019) 1 copy
The Making of Metthias 1 copy
The Quarry Farm : a country tale 1 copy
The Death that Lurks Unseen and other tales (1899) 1 copy
Morrison's Machine (1900) 1 copy
The Wheatstack 1 copy
The Adventures of Turco Bullworthy, his dog Shrimp, and his friend Dick Wynyard ... Illustrated by J. Brewster Fisher (1912) 1 copy
The Perilous Crossways (1917) 1 copy
Memorials of a Yorkshire Parish: An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Darrington (Classic Reprint) (2015) 1 copy
Families Repaired (1916) 1 copy
The clue of the artificial eye (Clue Club mystery) (1914) 1 copy
The Marriage Lines (1914) 1 copy
Both of This Parish 1 copy
Mr. Poskitt (1935) 1 copy
The Air-Ship, and other stories (1903) 1 copy
The Mantle of Ishmael (1933) 1 copy
Mothers in Israel; A Study in Rustic Amenities (2016) 1 copy
The Queen of a Day (1907) 1 copy
Highcroft Farm ... With eight illustrations by J. A. Symington (1906) 1 copy
THE THRESHING FLOOR 1 copy
For those were stirring times! and other stories (1904) 1 copy
The Fear of the Night, and other stories (1931) 1 copy
O duplo misterio de Ravensdene Court (Ravensdene Court - Trocar) 1 copy
Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973) — Contributor — 189 copies
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (2016) — Contributor — 175 copies
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015) — Contributor — 165 copies
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributor — 109 copies
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (1985) — Contributor — 81 copies
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 67 copies
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 47 copies
The Third Omnibus of Crime (1935) — Contributor — 45 copies
The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2012) — Contributor — 35 copies
The World's Great Detective Stories (1927) — Contributor — 31 copies
The Mystery Book (1934) — Contributor — 29 copies
Detective Mysteries Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contributor — 28 copies
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Boys' Second Book of Great Detective Stories (1940) — Contributor — 27 copies
Fantasy Tales (1977) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Great Book of Humour (1935) — Contributor — 22 copies
The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 9 (1929) — Contributor — 22 copies
A Century of Detective Stories (1935) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Second Omnibus Of Crime: The World's Great Crime Stories (1932) — Contributor — 18 copies
A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (First Series) (1934) — Contributor — 18 copies
Mehr Morde (1961) — Contributor — 13 copies
Classic Crime Stories (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies
My Best Detective Story (1931) — Contributor — 9 copies
A Treasury of Great Short Stories — Contributor — 7 copies
The Best Detective Stories of the Year: 1928 (1929) — Contributor — 7 copies
Great Unsolved Crimes (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies
The Big Book of Detective Stories (1935) — Contributor — 4 copies
Best Detective Stories, Second Series — Contributor — 4 copies
Avon Mystery Story Teller (1946) — Contributor — 4 copies
British Mystery Multipack, Volume 10: British Super Sleuths (2015) — Contributor — 4 copies
Mystery and Adventure Stories (1937) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher — Introduction, some editions — 1 copy
Detective Omnibus (The Melody of Death, The Bartenstein Mystery, The Rasp) (1936) — Contributor — 1 copy
Traditional British Mysteries: 30 Novels (Boxed Set) — Contributor — 1 copy

Tagged

Common Knowledge

Members

Reviews

The enchanting north, by J.S. Fletcher
Guidebook published in 1908
 
Flagged
sfj2 | 1 other review | Nov 28, 2023 |
The Mill House Murder by J.S. Fletcher
I really wanted to read this because it was finished by Torquemada, and was the only mystery he ever wrote, despite writing the world's hardest crossword puzzles for the Observer and being their mystery reviewer. Cain's Jawbone emphatically does not count -- and that's not because I'm no closer to solving it than when I started. But the mystery is obvious from the start (which is how I feel about most of Fletcher's mysteries.
 
Flagged
EricaObey | Feb 10, 2023 |
Middle Temple Murder by Joseph Smith Fletcher
Extremely fun read! The end was a bit abrupt, though...
 
Flagged
aravind_aar | 5 other reviews | Nov 21, 2021 |
The Middle Temple murder by J. S. Fletcher
This was a Dover edition from 1980 of an unabridged book first published about 1918. As a mystery it holds up pretty well and reminded me of some of the ones from the '20s and '30s. Frank Spargo, who works for a London newspaper, is nearby when a body is discovered in Middle Temple Lane and decides to follow the story and do some investigating of his own. By sharing information with the policeman assigned to the case the two of them do solve a very puzzling case. I thought it was pretty good and the solution was fair if a bit unexpected.… (more)
 
Flagged
hailelib | 5 other reviews | Oct 20, 2021 |
See More Reviews

Lists

ListStacks

Awards

By AwardBy Work
Haycraft Queen Cornerstones
Newark Public Library's 1904 List of a Thousand of the Best Novels
Queen's Quorum

You May Also Like

Agatha Christie
Anna Katharine Green
Dorothy L. Sayers
R. Austin Freeman
Edgar Wallace
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ngaio Marsh
Arthur B. Reeve
Josephine Tey
P. D. James
See All

Associated Authors

Statistics

Works
197
Also by
34
Members
1,426
Popularity
#18,045
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
46
ISBNs
348
Languages
8
Favorited
1

Charts & Graphs

See More Charts & Graphs