# The melody of death Author: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932 Genre: Category: Romance Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75702 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+melody+of+death+Wallace&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary On the night of May 27th, 1925, the office of Gilderheim, Pascoe and Company, diamond merchants, of Little Hatton Garden, presented no unusual appearance to the patrolling constable who examined the lock and tried the door in the ordinary course of his duty. Until nine o’clock in the evening the office had been occupied by Mr. Gilderheim and his head clerk, and a plain clothes officer, whose duty it was to inquire into unusual happenings had deemed that the light in the window on the first floor fell within his scope, and had gone up to discover the reason for its appearance. The 27th was a Saturday, and it is usual for the offices in Hatton Garden to be clear of clerks and their principa... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-melody-of-death-75702/chapters/16/index.md)