The Talleyrand Maxim has a detective story written by J. S. Fletcher. The plot revolves around Rich Yorkshire entrepreneur and landowner John Mallathorpe who died in an accident apparently without making a will. His wife and two children inherited his estate and lived a normal and comfortable life for some time. Then a copy of Mallathorpe's will was discovered inside one of the old books that an old bookseller was clearing out from the Mallathorpe estate. Unfortunately for the family the booksel