# The master criminal

Author: Paternoster, G. Sidney, 1866-1925; Post, Charles Johnson, 1873-1956 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71516

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+master+criminal+Paternoster&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The night was of velvety blackness--one of those soft, warm, dark nights of June when the southwest wind rolls a cloud-curtain over the stars, when the air is heavy with unshed rain, when lamps burn dully, and when a nameless oppression broods over the face of the land.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-criminal-71516/chapters/9/index.md)