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Mystery of the Sycamore

Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a very strange addendum. He then endeavors to convince Mr. Wheeler to endorse his son’s candidacy for governor with a promise of commuting his sentence. In the meantime, Samuel Appleby is murdered in Wheeler’s home. The discovery of the identity of the murderer has many twists and turns filled with love, devotion, gumshoe dialog, and weird circumstances that will delight the listener in a most unusual way. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer) (7 hr 22 min)

Chapters

The Letter that Said Come

North Door and South Door

One Last Argument

The Big Sycamore Tree

The Bugle Sounded Taps

The Other Heir

Inquiries

Confessions

Counter-Confessions

The Phantom Bugler

Fleming Stone

The Garage Fire

Sara Wheeler

Rachel's Story

The Awful Truth

Maida's Decision

Maida and her Father

A Final Confession