Download A Chain of Evidence by Carolyn Wells. A classic 1912 Fleming Stone detective mystery of murder, clues, suspicion, and a locked New York apartment. Available in PDF, EPUB, MOBI, and AZW3 formats.
About A Chain of Evidence
A Chain of Evidence by Carolyn Wells is a 1912 detective mystery featuring Fleming Stone. When wealthy Robert Pembroke is found murdered in his New York apartment, lawyer Otis Landon becomes entangled in a puzzling investigation involving suspicious clues, a locked-door problem, missing money, and the young woman across the hall, Janet Pembroke, whose innocence he is determined to prove.
Why Read A Chain of Evidence?
Across the hall from Otis Landon’s apartment lives Janet Pembroke, a beautiful and troubled young woman — and when her uncle is found murdered, every clue seems to tighten around her.
A Chain of Evidence is an excellent choice for readers who enjoy classic detective fiction, early twentieth-century mysteries, courtroom-adjacent investigation, and stories where scattered clues must be joined into a convincing pattern. Carolyn Wells builds the novel around lawyer Otis Landon, whose curiosity about the young woman across the hall quickly becomes personal when tragedy strikes inside the Pembroke apartment.
The mystery begins with the death of Robert Pembroke, a wealthy and difficult old man whose household contains tension, resentment, and secrets. At first the case seems uncertain, but the discovery of a hidden wound, missing money, a key, ticket stubs, a timetable, and a monogrammed handkerchief turns the death into a complex murder puzzle. Each object appears meaningful, yet each may also mislead.
Otis Landon’s role gives the story much of its emotional pressure. He is not a detached professional detective; he is a lawyer, neighbour, witness, and increasingly devoted defender of Janet Pembroke. His sympathy for her sharpens the suspense but also clouds his judgement, creating a tension between evidence, desire, and legal responsibility.
Fleming Stone enters as the expert mind needed to untangle the case. Wells uses him in the tradition of the classic master detective: calm, observant, and able to sort genuine evidence from planted clues, false trails, and assumptions made too quickly by others. The result is a mystery driven by interpretation as much as by action.
Readers who enjoy Carolyn Wells’s Fleming Stone mysteries, old-fashioned clue puzzles, apartment-house murder cases, and detective stories about circumstantial evidence will find A Chain of Evidence a satisfying example of early American mystery fiction.
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