on>Freeman Wills Crofts
London Murder Mysteries - Boxed Set
The Cask, The Ponson Case & The Pit-Prop Syndicate
e-artnow, 2020
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EAN 4064066392178
Table of Contents
The Cask
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A STRANGE CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER II. INSPECTOR BURNLEY ON THE TRACK
CHAPTER III. THE WATCHER ON THE WALL
CHAPTER IV. A MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW
CHAPTER V. FELIX TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER VI. THE ART OF DETECTION
CHAPTER VIII. THE OPENING OF THE CASK
CHAPTER IX. M. LE CHEF DE LA SÛRETÉ
CHAPTER X. WHO WROTE THE LETTER?
CHAPTER XI. MM. DUPIERRE ET CIE.
CHAPTER XII. AT THE GARE ST. LAZARE
CHAPTER XIII. THE OWNER OF THE DRESS
CHAPTER XIV. M. BOIRAC MAKES A STATEMENT
CHAPTER XV. THE HOUSE IN THE AVENUE DE L’ALMA
CHAPTER XVI. INSPECTOR BURNLEY UP AGAINST IT
CHAPTER XVII. A COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER XVIII. LEFARGE HUNTS ALONE
CHAPTER XIX. THE TESTING OF AN ALIBI
CHAPTER XX. SOME DAMNING EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXI. A NEW POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XXII. FELIX TELLS A SECOND STORY
CHAPTER XXIII. CLIFFORD GETS TO WORK
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. GEORGES LA TOUCHE
CHAPTER XXVII. LA TOUCHE’S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE UNRAVELLING OF THE WEB
CHAPTER XXIX. A DRAMATIC DÉNOUEMENT
PART I—LONDON
CHAPTER I
A STRANGE CONSIGNMENT
Mr. Avery, managing
director of the Insular and Continental Steam Navigation Company, had just arrived at his office. He glanced at his inward letters, ran his eye over his list of engagements for the day, and inspected the return of the movements of his Company’s steamers. Then, after spending a few moments in thought, he called his chief clerk, Wilcox.
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