# The Secret of Lonesome Cove

Author: Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958; Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36335

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Secret+of+Lonesome+Cove+Adams&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Lonesome Cove is one of the least frequented stretches on the New England seaboard. From the land side, the sheer hundred-foot drop of Hawkill Cliffs shuts it off. Access by water is denied; denied with a show of menacing teeth, when the sea curls its lips back, amid a swirl of angry currents, from its rocks and reefs, warning boats away. There is no settlement near the cove. The somber repute suggested by its name has served to keep cottagers from building on the wildly beautiful uplands that overbrood the beach. Sheep browse between the thickets of ash and wild cherry extending almost to the brink of the height, and the straggling pathways along the edge, worn by the feet of their herde...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II--PROFESSOR KENT MAKES A CALL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX--IN THE WHITE ROOM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX--THE STRANGE TRYST](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII--THE MASTER OF STARS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI--REWARDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII--LOOSE ENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV--THE TURN OF THE GAME](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV--AN INQUIRY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I--THE BODY ON THE BEACH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII--CHANCE SITS IN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX--CHESTER KENT DECLINES A JOB](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III--MY LADY OF MYSTERY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI--HEDGEROW HOUSE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X--THE INVASION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII--RECKONINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI--THE MEETING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII--SIMON P. GROOT DOES BUSINESS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV--THE LONE FISHERMAN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V--ONE USE FOR A MONOCLE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI--THE RETREAT IN ORDER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII--THE UNBIDDEN VISITOR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-lonesome-cove-36335/chapters/12/index.md)