"No Clue!": A Mystery Story

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"No Clue!": A Mystery Story

by James Hay

EN·~5 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total
1

"NO CLUE!" - A Mystery Story

0:50
2

"NO CLUE!" - I - THE GREY ENVELOPE

7:17
3

II. THE WOMAN ON THE LAWN

13:57
4

III. THE UNEXPECTED WITNESS

16:35
5

IV. HASTINGS IS RETAINED

15:01
6

V. THE INTERVIEW WITH MRS. BRACE

15:03
7

VI. ACTION BY THE SHERIFF

15:23
8

VII. THE HOSTILITY OF MR. SLOANE

19:11
9

VIII. THE MAN WHO RAN AWAY

13:58
10

IX. THE BREAKING DOWN OF WEBSTER

22:13

Description

The opening scene drops listeners into a tense domestic setting, where Mrs. Brace stares intently at a plain grey envelope that seems to hold more than a simple message. Her daughter Mildred, equally sharp‑eyed but softer in demeanor, joins the silent confrontation, each word measured to keep a hidden man from overhearing. Their exchange crackles with veiled contempt and a shared, stubborn resolve that hints at a secret that could change everything.

That envelope triggers a chain of questions—who sent it, what it contains, and why the Brace women guard it so fiercely? As the story unfolds, a cast of curious neighbors, a determined sheriff, and a reluctant witness each surface, pulling the listeners deeper into a web of suspicion and family rivalry. The early chapters promise a classic whodunit atmosphere, where every glance and whispered reply may be the next clue, or a deliberate misdirection, keeping the audience guessing until the mystery truly tightens.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (316K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by D Alexander, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2008-08-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Hay

James Hay

1881–1936

A former White House reporter who turned political experience into fast-moving fiction, he wrote mysteries and popular novels with a journalist’s eye for detail. His career moved from Washington newsrooms to magazines and bestselling books in the early twentieth century.

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