The Middle Temple Murder

Greenhill crime classic 1987 edition of a 1919 mystery. Joseph Smith Fletcher wrote more than 100 books. The Middle-Temple Murder was his best seller. When read and applauded by President Woodrow Wilson, it brought him international recognition. "At the height of his fame, Fletcher was one of the most popular detective novelists on both sides of the Atlantic." From the cover: "The body was found in the Middle Temple, an area of small apartments for lawyers adjacent to London's Fleet Street. It was from the office of his newspaper that Frank Spargo had strolled homeward early one morning, in that summer of 1912. Passing Middle Temple Lane, he became one of the first to see the corpse and fell headlong into the search for the murderer.