The Chestermarke Instinct

"The Chestermarke Instinct" by J. S. Fletcher, is a mystery where a bank clerk named Wallington Neale finds his ordinary life turned upside down when his manager, John Horbury, vanishes from their small town under strange conditions. The peaceful setting is quickly replaced by suspicion of thievery and possibly something worse as the people around Neale start guessing what happened to the manager. At first, the main character feels bored with his job at the bank, but the mystery pulls him into an exciting adventure when he finds out that Horbury is missing, leading to concerns about where he might be. The story starts by showing Neale's everyday life, how well he knows the town, and his worries about Horbury's disappearance, setting the stage for a complicated puzzle involving missing items and the manager's strange vanishing act. As Neale and others dig deeper, the mystery gets more complex, promising twists and turns.