The House of the Arrow

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The House of the Arrow

by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

EN·~9 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total
1

CHAPTER ONE: Letters of Mark

16:53
2

CHAPTER TWO: A Cry for Help

15:02
3

CHAPTER THREE: Servants of Chance

27:50
4

CHAPTER FOUR: Betty Harlowe

14:41
5

CHAPTER FIVE: Betty Harlowe Answers

27:23
6

CHAPTER SIX: Jim Changes His Lodging

17:41
7

CHAPTER SEVEN: Exit Waberski

34:14
8

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Book

28:54
9

CHAPTER NINE: The Secret

22:59
10

CHAPTER TEN: The Clock upon the Cabinet

15:47

Description

A modest London solicitor receives a frantic, hand‑written plea from the French town of Dijon. The note, signed by a desperate Boris Waberski, claims a right to a half‑million pounds tied up in the estate of the recently deceased Mrs. Harlowe. Intrigued by the odd spelling, the unfamiliar signature and the promise of a sizeable inheritance, the solicitor hesitates before slipping the letter into a private safe. The brief glimpse of a family will that leaves everything to a young niece, Betty Harlowe, hints that something far more tangled lies beneath the polite correspondence.

When the solicitor’s curiosity draws him to Dijon, he encounters a circle of grieving relatives, cryptic servants and a puzzling house that seems to guard its own secrets. The atmosphere is charged with whispered rumors of fraud, concealed documents and a mysterious “arrow” that may point to a hidden truth. As the investigation deepens, a sharp‑minded detective joins the effort, promising to untangle the web of claims and lies. Listeners are invited into a classic early‑20th‑century puzzle where every clue could change the fate of the Harlowe legacy.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (527K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: George H. Doran Company, 1924.

Credits

Al Haines

Release date

2022-02-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

1865–1948

Best known for The Four Feathers, he wrote brisk, suspenseful stories that moved easily between adventure, mystery, and drama. He also created Inspector Hanaud, one of the early great detectives of modern crime fiction.

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