The Amethyst Cross: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Amethyst Cross, credited to Fergus Hume, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Amethyst Cross by Fergus Hume. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in order to promote what she wants for herself. One day, her lover, George Walker, is injured in her home and someone stole the expensive amethyst cross. Who could have done that and why? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Amethyst Cross
• Author credits: Fergus Hume
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 8:47:37

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• jewel thief
• jewelry theft

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - CHAPTER 1. THE BEGINNING OF A MYSTERY — 18:33
2. 02 - CHAPTER 2. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS — 16:16
3. 03 - CHAPTER 3. ANOTHER MYSTERY — 23:13
4. 04 - CHAPTER 4. A FAMILY HISTORY — 19:41
5. 05 - CHAPTER 5. MRS. WALKER'S OPINION — 18:27
6. 06 - CHAPTER 6. PURPLE AND FINE LINEN — 19:27
7. 07 - CHAPTER 7. AFTER MIDNIGHT — 20:56
8. 08 - CHAPTER 8. UNDER A CLOUD — 20:29
9. 09 - CHAPTER 9. TWO GIRLS — 25:36
10. 10 - CHAPTER 10. THE DEUS EX MACHINA — 20:56
11. 11 - CHAPTER 11. THE SEAMY SIDE — 23:55
12. 12 - CHAPTER 12. A COUNTERPLOT — 22:00
13. 13 - CHAPTER 13. MRS. WALKER'S VISIT — 17:54
14. 14 - CHAPTER 14. THE FAMILY LAWYER — 17:04
15. 15 - CHAPTER 15. A STARTLING LETTER — 20:28
16. 16 - CHAPTER 16. RECOGNITION — 20:05
17. 17 - CHAPTER 17. DISGRACE — 19:11
18. 18 - CHAPTER 18. LADY CHARVINGTON'S ACCUSATIONS — 20:19
19. 19 - CHAPTER 19. MR. HALE EXPLAINS — 20:05
20. 21 - CHAPTER 21. TWO INTERVIEWS — 22:56
21. 22 - CHAPTER 22. THE PLOT — 20:39
22. 23 - CHAPTER 23. ONE PART OF THE TRUTH — 18:10
23. 24 - CHAPTER 24. ANOTHER PART OF THE TRUTH — 27:01
24. 25 - CHAPTER 25. REVENGE — 21:24

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