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Published by COLLINS CRIME CLUB
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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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Source ISBN: 9780008190521
Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008190538
Version: 2016-08-09
TO
DR ADAM A. C. MATHERS,
IN APPRECIATION OF HIS KINDLY
CRITICISM AND HELP
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