Freeman Crofts Wills

The Cask


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      First published in Great Britain by The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1921

      Copyright © Estate of Freeman Wills Crofts 1921

      Introduction © Estate of Freeman Wills Crofts 1946

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      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008190521

      Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008190538

      Version: 2016-08-09

       Dedication

      TO

      DR ADAM A. C. MATHERS,

      IN APPRECIATION OF HIS KINDLY

      CRITICISM AND HELP

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Introduction

       Part I: London

       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 VII: The Cask at Last

      

       Chapter VIII: The Opening of the Cask

      

       Part II: Paris

      

       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

      

       Part III: London and Paris

      

       Chapter XXI: A New Point of View

      

       Chapter XXII: Felix Tells a Second Story

      

       Chapter XXIII: Clifford Gets to Work