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Readers who enjoy a mystery of wolves, winter and hidden gold, a narrator who laughs at his own mistakes, and a romance between two people who each keep a secret.
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What would you do if a stranger gripped your shoulder in the dark and whispered that you must leave, and then you found her sitting by your fire? That is how Nick Stretton comes home to La Chance, a remote gold mine in the Canadian bush.
The La Chance Mine Mystery was written by Susan Morrow Jones, who died in 1926. It is a wilderness thriller with a love story at its centre. Nick tells it himself in a rueful voice and admits every foolish mistake.
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- 1A freezing night crossing brings Nick homeFree
- 2Marcia explains who the girl really is
- 3The mine strikes gold and Macartney takes charge
- 4Nick keeps covering for a girl with secrets
- 5A night drive through the wolves
- 6Clues on the corduroy road and at Skunk's Misery
- 7Paulette signs a name that stops Nick cold
- 8A night of killing and a dead man's cards
- 9Trust is tested at every turn
- 10Masks, names and the dream of home
- 11How wolves, lake and voice build the tale
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A freezing night crossing brings Nick home
Nick Stretton paddles a leaky borrowed canoe across Lac Tremblant on a bitter November evening. He is hungry and worn out, because nobody sent a horse to meet him. For three months he has built fifty miles of road to the La Chance mine. The lake offers a shortcut that saves him twenty-two miles on foot.
The lake cannot be trusted. Its depth changes overnight, and rocks hide beneath the surface. That is why Nick built a road around it. He also smells like carrion, because he spilled a foul brew over his clothes in Skunk's Misery, thinking it was liniment.
At the landing a girl wrapped in a shawl grips his shoulder in the dark. She whispers that he must leave her alone or she will tell, and she is gone. Nick walks up to Dudley Wilbraham's shack and finds a blazing fire, and by it sits the girl of his dreams. A tired man's wish for a home is answered, and the answer carries danger.
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- LengthAbout 66,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 4 h 40 min
Questions about El misterio de la mina La Chance
What is The La Chance Mine Mystery about?
It follows Nick Stretton, a young bush engineer, who returns to a remote Canadian gold mine and meets a girl with a secret. Strange accidents, wolves and a dead man's cards draw him into a plot to seize the gold.
Who is Paulette Brown in the book?
She is a graceful young woman living at La Chance, brought there by the mine owner Dudley Wilbraham. She keeps her past hidden, marks the gold with blue seals, and is fearful of someone at the mine.
What is Skunk's Misery?
It is a poor village of huts hidden among rocks and pines in the bush between Caraquet and Lac Tremblant. Nick spends a week there nursing a boy, and the place matters more than he first thinks.
Is Lac Tremblant a real lake?
The book presents it as an unreliable lake that rises and falls without warning, hides rocks and never freezes solid. It stands at the heart of the setting, and the story uses it for both danger and escape.
Is The La Chance Mine Mystery easy to follow?
Nick tells the story in a friendly, direct voice, and short chapters end on small surprises. He explains the country as he goes, so a reader can picture the lake, the road and the mine with ease.
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Jones, Susan Morrow. The La Chance Mine Mystery. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-la-chance-mine-mystery.
Jones, S. M. (2026). The La Chance mine mystery. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-la-chance-mine-mystery (Original work published 1920)
Jones, Susan Morrow. The La Chance Mine Mystery. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-la-chance-mine-mystery.
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