The Ironside, John creator text utu 2021 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The 'Phone Booth Mystery" by John Ironside is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the shocking murder of Lady Rawson, which occurs shortly before a wedding, setting off a chain of events that intertwine various characters and secrets. The unfolding drama involves the initial investigation into the murder, the missing papers that can have grave political implications, and the lives of those connected to Lady Rawson, including her husband and Roger Carling, her secretary. At the start of the novel, the scene is set with Roger Carling preparing for his wedding while dealing with critical government dispatches that have mysteriously disappeared. Lady Rawson is introduced as a beautiful and enigmatic figure tied to conflicting loyalties and suspicions, as she navigates her relationships with others before her untimely death. When she is found murdered in a telephone booth, the community is thrown into confusion, and her husband's despair only adds to the tension as the investigation reveals deeper mysteries linking the characters in unexpected ways. The opening establishes a web of intrigue, leaving readers eager to unravel the truth behind the murder and its implications. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2021-07-09 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/American Libraries.) Originally published: United States: Henry Holt and Company, 1924 Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR United States: Henry Holt and Company, 1924 https://archive.org/details/phoneboothmyster00iron/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65811 https://archive.org/details/phoneboothmyster00iron/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65811 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134523.0 65811