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100 1 _aMatull, Kurt,
_d1872-1920
245 1 0 _aLord Lister No. 0044: Het briljanten halssnoer van Flora Palmerston
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-04
508 _aJeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
520 _a"Lord Lister No. 0044: Het briljanten halssnoer van Flora Palmerston" by Kurt Matull et al. is a pulp crime novella written in the early 20th century. It centers on gentleman-thief John C. Raffles (Lord Lister) as he navigates London’s high society, a vanished diamond necklace, and a web of crooks and compromised officials. The key players include Flora Palmerston, her absent patron Lord Orvis, the slippery “Count” Melrose, and the corrupt jewelers Peperling & Glanmore, with Scotland Yard’s Baxter hovering nearby. Expect clever disguises, secret passages, and a duel of wits rather than brute force. The opening of the story follows Raffles answering a cryptic newspaper ad and visiting Flora under the alias “Mr. Mackenzie,” where he learns her heirloom necklace has been “stolen” and spots that the supposed imitation left behind is actually the real Lister family jewel. Suspecting the intruder is the faux noble Melrose—an ex-criminal and police stoolie tied to jewelers Peperling & Glanmore—Raffles hides in Flora’s “Eastern room,” observes Melrose’s attempt to bully her with claims of counterfeit banknotes, then slips out via a secret passage, leaving a note instructing her to alert Inspector Baxter. Raffles promptly manipulates Peperling in a nearby bar, flashing the necklace to draw him to his shop, while Melrose dashes to Scotland Yard to betray both Raffles and Peperling. The section closes with Baxter mobilizing a raid, believing Raffles will be at Peperling’s premises, setting the stage for the first big confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cAmsterdam: Roman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, 1910
653 _aDetective and mystery stories -- Periodicals
653 _aDime novels -- Periodicals
700 1 _aBlankensee, Theo von,
_d1881-1928
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78357
999 _c119077
_d119077