title: Take it Easy: A Paul Kingston Mystery (Paul Kingston Mysteries) (Volume 5)
author:  Stephen L. Moss 
description: Stephen L. Moss is the author of the Paul Kingston Mystery Series. He has also published fiction in Shimmer and Highlights for Children and non-fiction in CRAFT and Harp Column. He lives with his family in Indiana.
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  # Clara Maynard
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### W.H.G. Kingston
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  * [CHAPTER ONE.](cmay_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER TWO.](cmay_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER THREE.](cmay_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER FOUR.](cmay_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER FIVE.](cmay_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER SIX.](cmay_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
  
  
  
  
  
  Clara Maynard; The True and the False—A Tale of the Times, By
  
  
  W.H.G. Kingston.
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is a short book, about a quarter of the length of a typical
  
  
  Kingston novel. Clara is the daughter of a retired Royal Navy Captain,
  
  
  who owns a large yacht, a cutter. She can take a large number of guests
  
  
  to sea, even more than the cutter in Marryat's “The Three Cutters”.
  
  
  They use the yacht as a means of getting to a picnic spot on a beach,
  
  
  where they are met by even more people, includ