The Diamond Cross single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 The Diamond Cross
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Story partly narrated from notes by Sinclair's "wife of over 30 years" set in early 1880s East Melbourne. Jewellery disappears from a ladies' college and Sinclair sends his wife in the guise of a seamstress to help solve the mystery. A rich squatter's daughter meets her dissipated brother in the garden to try and help him - and eventually their father returns to claim them both. The headmistress' husband, a clergyman, is the thief. In a fit of madness he kills his wife and robs her safe for gambling money. A faithful old servant from the couple's English days tells their tale. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 33 no. 393 February 1898 Z1075025 1898 periodical issue 1898 pg. 173-178
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Subjects:
  • 1880s
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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