There is no place in England where the likelihood of old-world peace is more equitable. There is a constant aura of relaxation here, whether it be in the morning, midday, or evening. This atmosphere extends beyond the enormous cathedral to the charming and historic homes that round the Close. One would assume that nothing else than a leisured and contented existence could dwell beneath those tall gables, behind those mullioned windows, and in the lovely old gardens tucked between the stone porches and the elm-shadowed grass.Pemberton Bryce had a habit of entering a room as though the person inside was asleep and was frightened to wake him. It was a very upsetting event when Pemberton Bryce's death was investigated in Wrychester Cathedral. Mary Bewery observed that her guardian's concern at the incident in Paradise was unusual. When she questioned him about the facts, he felt awkward and even irritated when she inquired about his professional details. Ransford had left for town, and Mary Bewery had gone inside the home to wait for him. She intended to inform him of all Bryce had said and implored him to make things right. She continued to watch out the dining room window for him nonetheless.
J.S.Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author, regarded to be a leading writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1863, the son of a clergyman. His father was expired when he was only eight months old and he was brought up by his grandmother in Yorkshire. When he was eighteen, Fletcher went to London to study Law and this understanding of crime was of great use to him in his career as a writer of mystery and adventure. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. He was fellow of the Royal Historical Society who had studied law before turning to journalism. His literary career covered approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. His first published novel was a historical novel, When Charles the First was King (1892). The Middle Temple Murder is a famous novel of Fletcher. In 1914, Fletcher wrote his first detective novel and move on to write over a hundred more, many featuring the private investigator Ronald Camberwell. Fletcher married the novelist and playwright Rosamund Langbridge. Fletcher expired in Surrey in 1935.
