The cover page is adapted from The Brooklyn Murders, a painting completed in 1923 by An Unknown Artist. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Brooklyn Murders
Chapters (37)
- I: A Family Celebration 0:00
- II: Sir Vernon’s Will 17:51
- III: Murder 28:59
- IV: What Joan Found in the Garden 50:27
- V: Plain as a Pikestaff 1:12:38
- VI: A Pause for Reflection 1:35:35
- VII: The Case Against Walter Brooklyn 2:00:19
- VIII: A Review of the Case 2:15:48
- IX: Walter Brooklyn’s Explanation 2:28:55
- X: Charis Lang 2:37:07
- XI: Joan Takes Up the Case 3:02:56
- XII: Robert Ellery 3:26:13
- XIII: An Arrest 3:46:20
- XIV: Mainly a Love Scene 4:05:11
- XV: To and Fro 4:19:41
- XVI: A Link in the Chain 4:30:25
- XVII: The Lovely Lady 4:52:37
- XVIII: The Case for the Defence 5:11:06
- XIX: The Police Have Their Doubts 5:27:27
- XX: Superintendent Wilson Thinks It Out 5:40:57
- XXI: Don Quixote 5:51:29
- XXII: The Spaniard Does His Bit 6:13:01
- XXIII: Walter Brooklyn Goes Free 6:25:37
- XXIV: A Fresh Start 6:42:43
- XXV: Raising the Wind 7:04:46
- XXVI: Two Men Strike a Bargain 7:28:55
- XXVII: Robert Ellery’s Idea 7:43:31
- XXVIII: The Superintendent’s Theory 8:05:13
- XXIX: The Lie of the Land 8:16:07
- XXX: A Letter and Its Consequences 8:28:45
- XXXI: A Button in a Bag 8:42:39
- XXXII: Sir John Bunnery 9:02:02
- XXXIII: On the Tiles 9:13:20
- XXXIV: The Stable-Yard 9:27:23
- XXXV: An Order for Bulbs 9:43:46
- XXXVI: An Afternoon Call 9:49:26
- XXXVII: A Happy Ending 10:08:54
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Sir Vernon Brooklyn is a successful theater impresario who, in his old age, has put together a will dividing his considerable fortune among his many descendants. But just as soon as he announces the beneficiaries, two of the men who stand to inherit the most are found murdered in separate locations—and all the clues suggest that the two murdered each other.
Superintendent Wilson of Scotland Yard takes up the bizarre case, while at the same time Brooklyn’s niece Joan Cowper and her lover Robert Ellery investigate as amateurs. The two parties soon converge on a possible suspect—but can they find the killer before Brooklyn’s frail health fails?