Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
PAGE Foreword 13 Theft in the Rain 21 Voices in the Night 53 The Unknown Four 81 Blind Man's Touch 107 Birthday Warning 137 The House of Beating Hearts 163 As a Man Speaks 193 Arm of Guilt 221
PAGE Foreword 13 Theft in the Rain 21 Voices in the Night 53 The Unknown Four 81 Blind Man's Touch 107 Birthday Warning 137 The House of Beating Hearts 163 As a Man Speaks 193 A...
2. Part 2Joe was conscious of the black bulk of the house, a black tower that was the tree, and a blurred shadow moving noiselessly in the grass. Minutes passed, and his heart pounded in...
3. Part 3"I don't think it would have made any difference," the doctor said slowly. The blind eyes had puckered again with a queer expression of baffled uncertainty. Opposite the garage...
4. Part 4Joe followed his uncle up the staircase. He kept close to the dog, afraid, in this house of terror, of he knew not what. In the upper hall Captain Tucker halted and clutched his...
5. Part 5"Merely a matter of information," the doctor smiled. Back in the sunlight Joe saw that the smile was gone and that the puckers around the sightless eyes had become intent. Dr. S...
6. Part 6Bruce gave a bitter laugh. "You've seen the _Herald_, I suppose, and you're wondering about the mare. You've never been a half-soled cousin, have you? When you become the poor e...
7. Part 7Joe jumped, and switched on a flash. He had a momentary glimpse of his uncle, standing in the eternal darkness of the blind, serene and untroubled, and the sight gave him courag...
8. Part 8"No," the blind man said gently; "your friend. And here's another friend--Joe Morrow. You ought to remember Joe. He was only a little tyke then, and always followed you when you...
9. Part 9"Let's try to reconstruct this crime, Tucker. At four o'clock Billy left the house with feed for the rabbits. After that--a blank. Did he feed the rabbits and wander on? Did he...