Category: Short Stories
I. The Giraffe Problem II. The Kiss Problem III. The Free Meal Problem IV. The Win-and-Lose-Problem V. The Handkerchief Problem VI. The Identity Problem VII. The Shakespearean Problem VIII. The Impersonation Problem IX. The Alibi Problem X. The Threepenny Problem XI, The Q-Loa...
I. The Giraffe Problem II. The Kiss Problem III. The Free Meal Problem IV. The Win-and-Lose-Problem V. The Handkerchief Problem VI. The Identity Problem VII. The Shakespearean P...
2. Part 2‘Mine was more a tragedy than an adventure,’ said the doctor. ‘On the evening of Sunday the twelfth, acting on information received, I presented myself at the residence of my ma...
3. Part 3‘The sacrifice that I made to luck on the occasion of our last competition,’ said Major Byles, ‘has brought me success at last. I claim to be a winner, and await your decision w...
4. Part 4‘You’re both too clever to live,’ observed the chairman, ‘but you’ve cancelled one another for once. Mr Harding Pope, as a politician, you should be familiar with the paths of d...
5. Part 5‘No, I never spoke. And he did not know who you were. He did not know that you were Sir Charles Bunford, and does not know it now. He knew that he could address you as Sir Charl...
6. Part 6The policeman said he believed he’d heard it, and passed on. The game had now definitely begun, and there was only one hour to play it in and no time to be lost. A small car was...
7. Part 7‘“I’d like to try it, but it’s impossible. That butler has known me for the last two years, and he has only seen you four or five times in the afternoon. How could he be taken in?”
8. Part 8The next two days were less productive, but he borrowed a specimen of quartz from one man, and a dog, which was unquestionably a quadruped, from another. A lady who was interest...