# The twenty-six clues

Author: Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924

Genre: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77423

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+twenty-six+clues+Ostrander&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

"The one thing you psychometric enthusiasts overlook in claiming perfection for your method of solving crime is the human equation. Your machines for recording the emotions of the suspect cannot lie, it is true, but neither can they tell the truth. Granted that they are perfect in themselves, they are operated by the most faulty machine created since the beginning of time--the human being. You, Mr. Terhune, are unquestionably the greatest living master of scientific criminal investigation, but do the purely mechanical implements of your trade invariably probe to the very soul of the crime?"

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/23/index.md)
- [scene I had picked up the ejected shell where it lay right at the feet](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-twenty-six-clues-77423/chapters/21/index.md)