Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
I. AUNT CAL 13 II. FISHERS HAVEN 19 III. CRAVEN HOUSE 29 IV. PRISONERS 43 V. JOHN DOE, ESQUIRE 51 VI. A PIECE OF PAPER 58 VII. CALIPH 68 VIII. A SCALP LOCK 75 IX. DAISY JUNE AND THE BLUE EMERALD 82 X. WHERE IS CIRCE? 93 XI. HAMISH ON THE JOB 101 XII. OVER THE BANISTER 113 XIII...
“Oh anything—ships or shoes or sealing wax,” she returned lightly. “Personally I’ve always found shoes a good subject when hard pressed. Middle-aged people are practically certa...
4. Part 4“But look here!” I fairly bounced off my seat with the force of the idea that had come to me. “Why don’t they simply put it to the test. Get together, I mean, and each call the...
2. Part 2The driver nodded and hurried away. But he was back shortly, and five minutes later we were rolling inland. The sandy road gave place to an uneven dirt one and the smell of the...
8. Part 8“Oh, no, nothing like that. It seems he picked up a car somewhere in Millport Saturday afternoon, drove it out here last night and hid it in the woods up the road. Then he came...
6. Part 6For a second I hesitated there on the top step. If it was Aunt Cal I’d better not go down, but if it was somebody else—Mr. Bangs perhaps, returned to make another search for his...
10. Part 10Hattie May and Hamish got up. “Keep your eye on the place as much as you can,” Hamish said in a whisper. “I’ll be round as soon as it gets dark.”
3. Part 3“It’s just awfully clever of you to think of that,” Eve put in. “The only trouble with your plan is that the doors of the house happen to be locked on the outside. You see, the...
9. Part 9“But you see, Aunt Cal,” Eve came to my defense, “it did seem as if those directions must mean something, especially after that fellow, that Mr. Bangs, wanted them so badly that...
11. Part 11“Leave Aunt Cal to me!” Eve laughed lightly and began to climb down from the wagon. Without enthusiasm I followed her and once more found myself making my way over the wall, acr...
5. Part 5“Looks like it,” returned Michael, gazing down at the newly disturbed earth. “Naturally he didn’t want to leave traces of his operations for anyone to see. Especially after you...
1. Part 1I. AUNT CAL 13 II. FISHERS HAVEN 19 III. CRAVEN HOUSE 29 IV. PRISONERS 43 V. JOHN DOE, ESQUIRE 51 VI. A PIECE OF PAPER 58 VII. CALIPH 68 VIII. A SCALP LOCK 75 IX. DAISY JUNE AND...
12. Part 12Yes, Aunt Cal had really moved into Craven House. After much deliberation and lengthy conferences with her lawyer, she had at last yielded to the combined persuasion of Miss Blo...