Table of Contents
Novels
The Great War in England in 1897
The Invasion of 1910
Guilty Bonds
Zoraida
The Temptress
The Great White Queen
Devil's Dice
Whoso Findeth a Wife
The Eye of Istar
If Sinners Entice Thee
The Bond of Black
The Day of Temptation
The Veiled Man
The Wiles of the Wicked
An Eye for an Eye
In White Raiment
Of Royal Blood
Her Majesty's Minister
The Under-Secretary
The Seven Secrets
As We Forgive Them
The Sign of the Stranger
The Hunchback of Westminster
The Closed Book
The Czar's Spy
Behind the Throne
The Pauper of Park Lane
The Mysterious Mr. Miller
Whatsoever a Man Soweth
The Great Court Scandal
The Lady in the Car
The House of Whispers
The Red Room
Spies of the Kaiser
The Great God Gold (Treasure of Israel)
Hushed Up!
The Death-Doctor
The Lost Million
The Price of Power
Her Royal Highness
The White Lie
The Four Faces
The Sign of Silence
The Mysterious Three
At the Sign of the Sword
The Mystery of the Green Ray
Number 70, Berlin
The Way to Win
The Broken Thread
The Place of Dragons
The Zeppelin Destroyer
Sant of the Secret Service
The Stolen Statesman
The Doctor of Pimlico
Whither Thou Goest
The Intriguers
The Red Widow (The Death-Dealers of London)
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
This House to Let
The Golden Face
The Stretton Street Affair
The Voice from the Void
Short Stories
Stolen Souls
The Soul of Princess Tchikhatzoff
The Golden Hand
The Masked Circe
The Man with the Fatal Finger
Santina
The Woman with a Blemish
The Sylph of the Terror
One Woman’s Sin
Vogue La Galère!
Fortune’s Fool
Death-Kisses
The City in the Sky
The Blood-Red Band
A Child of the Sun
The Count's Chauffeur
A Move on the "Forty"
A Sentimental Swindle
The Story of a Secret
A Run with Rosalie
The Six New Novels
The Gentleman from London
The Lady of the Great North Road
The Red Rooster
Concerning the Other Fellow
The Lady in a Hurry
The Peril of Pierrette
The Bomb-Makers
The Devil’s Dice
The Great Tunnel Plot
The Hyde Park Plot
The Explosive Needle
The Brass Triangle
The Silent Death
The Gay Triangle
The Mystery of Rasputin’s Jewels
A Race for a Throne
The Seven Dots
The Sorcerer of Soho
The Master Atom
The Horror of Lockie
The Peril of the Préfet
The Message for One Eye Only
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The Great War in England in 1897

Table of Contents
PREFACE
BOOK I THE INVASION
CHAPTER I THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH
CHAPTER II A TOTTERING EMPIRE
CHAPTER III ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE
CHAPTER IV THE SPY
CHAPTER V BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN
CHAPTER VI LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX
CHAPTER VII BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON
CHAPTER VIII FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG
CHAPTER IX COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME
CHAPTER X A DEATH DRAUGHT
CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE
CHAPTER XII IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS
CHAPTER XIII FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL
CHAPTER XIV BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD
BOOK II THE STRUGGLE
CHAPTER XV THE DOOM OF HULL
CHAPTER XVI TERROR ON THE TYNE
CHAPTER XVII HELP FROM OUR COLONIES
CHAPTER XVIII RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS
CHAPTER XIX FALL OF BIRMINGHAM
CHAPTER XX OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER XXI A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XXII PANIC IN LANCASHIRE
CHAPTER XXIII THE EVE OF BATTLE
CHAPTER XXIV MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS
CHAPTER XXV GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS
CHAPTER XXVI GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY
CHAPTER XXVII THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED
BOOK III THE VICTORY
CHAPTER XXVIII A SHABBY WAYFARER
CHAPTER XXIX LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH
CHAPTER XXX ATTACK ON EDINBURGH
CHAPTER XXXI "THE DEMON OF WAR"
CHAPTER XXXII FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW
CHAPTER XXXIII MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON
CHAPTER XXXIV LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS
CHAPTER XXXV LONDON BOMBARDED
CHAPTER XXXVI BABYLON BURNING
CHAPTER XXXVII FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS
CHAPTER XXXVIII NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS
CHAPTER XXXIX THE DAY OF RECKONING
CHAPTER XL "FOR ENGLAND!"
CHAPTER XLI DAWN

The Invasion of 1910

Table of Contents
PREFACE
BOOK I THE ATTACK
CHAPTER I THE SURPRISE
CHAPTER II EFFECT IN THE CITY
CHAPTER III NEWS OF THE ENEMY
CHAPTER IV A PROPHECY FULFILLED
CHAPTER V OUR FLEET TAKEN UNAWARES
CHAPTER VI FIERCE CRUISER BATTLE
CHAPTER VII CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE AT SEA
CHAPTER VIII SITUATION IN THE NORTH
CHAPTER IX STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED
CHAPTER X HOW THE ENEMY DEALT THE BLOW
CHAPTER XI GERMANS LANDING AT HULL AND GOOLE
CHAPTER XII DESPERATE FIGHTING IN ESSEX
CHAPTER XIII DEFENCE AT LAST
CHAPTER XIV BRITISH SUCCESS AT ROYSTON
CHAPTER XV BRITISH ABANDON COLCHESTER
CHAPTER XVI FIERCE FIGHTING AT CHELMSFORD
CHAPTER XVII IN THE ENEMY’S HANDS
CHAPTER XVIII THE FEELING IN LONDON
BOOK II THE SIEGE OF LONDON
CHAPTER I THE LINES OF LONDON
CHAPTER II REPULSE OF THE GERMANS
CHAPTER III BATTLE OF EPPING
CHAPTER IV BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
CHAPTER V THE RAIN OF DEATH
CHAPTER VI FALL OF LONDON
CHAPTER VII TWO PERSONAL NARRATIVES
CHAPTER VIII GERMANS SACKING THE BANKS
CHAPTER IX WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT SEA
CHAPTER X SITUATION SOUTH OF THE THAMES
CHAPTER XI DEFENCES OF SOUTH LONDON
CHAPTER XII DAILY LIFE OF THE BELEAGUERED
CHAPTER XIII REVOLTS IN SHOREDITCH AND ISLINGTON
BOOK III THE REVENGE
CHAPTER I A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
CHAPTER II SCENES AT WATERLOO BRIDGE
CHAPTER III GREAT BRITISH VICTORY
CHAPTER IV MASSACRE OF GERMANS IN LONDON
CHAPTER V HOW THE WAR ENDED

Guilty Bonds

Table of Contents
Chapter One The Mystery of Bedford Place
Chapter Two Sealed Lips
Chapter Three What the World Said
Chapter Four “Startling revelations”
Chapter Five Suspicions
Chapter Six Vera Seroff
Chapter Seven A Secret Tie
Chapter Eight Post-Haste across Europe
Chapter Nine In the Izak Platz
Chapter Ten The Spider’s Web
Chapter Eleven The Cell below the River
Chapter Twelve A Subterranean Drama
Chapter Thirteen Graven on the Wall
Chapter Fourteen En Route for the Mines
Chapter Fifteen An Ominous Incident
Chapter Sixteen Facing the Inevitable
Chapter Seventeen The Terrace, Richmond
Chapter Eighteen Under the Stars
Chapter Nineteen False!
Chapter Twenty A Mystery Still
Chapter Twenty One Storms of Fate
Chapter Twenty Two The Verge of a Discovery
Chapter Twenty Three The Dead Woman’s Picture
Chapter Twenty Four Doubts and Fears
Chapter Twenty Five A Midnight Search
Chapter Twenty Six Queer Straits
Chapter Twenty Seven A Guiltless Crime
Chapter Twenty Eight The Clique
Chapter Twenty Nine Monsieur’s Opinion
Chapter Thirty The Eleventh Hour
Chapter Thirty One By whose Hand?
Chapter Thirty Two Rays of Hope
Chapter Thirty Three Vera’s Secret
Chapter Thirty Four A Strange Disclosure
Chapter Thirty Five The Vantage-Ground of Truth
Chapter Thirty Six Conclusion

Zoraida

Table of Contents
Chapter One Ali Ben Hafiz
Chapter Two The Omen of the Camel’s Hoof
Chapter Three Entrapped
Chapter Four A Veiled Face
Chapter Five Zoraida’s Pledge
Chapter Six The Man with a Secret
Chapter Seven A Forgotten Tragedy
Chapter Eight The Fight in the Meskam
Chapter Nine Uzanne, the Outcast
Chapter Ten Humours from the Desert
Chapter Eleven The City of the Sun
Chapter Twelve An Oath to Messoudia
Chapter Thirteen Night in the Harem
Chapter Fourteen Seeking the Unknown
Chapter Fifteen At the Shrine of Darkness
Chapter Sixteen The Crescent of Glorious Wonders
Chapter Seventeen Strange Confidences
Chapter Eighteen A Hidden Tragedy
Chapter Nineteen Dead Fingers
Chapter Twenty After the Fâtiha
Chapter Twenty One A Startling Revelation
Chapter Twenty Two Mákita’s Enemies
Chapter Twenty Three The Treasure of Askiá
Chapter Twenty Four Slave of the Sultan
Chapter Twenty Five The Eunuch’s Scimitar
Chapter Twenty Six In the Courts of Love
Chapter Twenty Seven The False Cadi
Chapter Twenty Eight On the Pinnacle of Al Arâf
Chapter Twenty Nine Labakan
Chapter Thirty The Hall of the Great Death
Chapter Thirty One Kaylúlah
Chapter Thirty Two The Ghuzzat of the Senousya
Chapter Thirty Three A Penalty of Beauty
Chapter Thirty Four Under the Green Banner
Chapter Thirty Five Betrayed!
Chapter Thirty Six The Bond of Blood
Chapter Thirty Seven By the Drum of Nâr
Chapter Thirty Eight Hadj Absalam’s Decree
Chapter Thirty Nine Mohammed Ben Ishak
Chapter Forty The Key to the Mystery
Chapter Forty One Through Rose Mists
Chapter Forty Two Vagaries of Vision
Chapter Forty Three The Great White Diadem
Chapter Forty Four Le Commencement de la Fin
Chapter Forty Five The Price of Silence
Chapter Forty Six Some Amazing Facts
Chapter Forty Seven Conclusion

The Temptress

Table of Contents
Chapter One Handfast
Chapter Two The Charing Cross Mystery
Chapter Three In Bohemia
Chapter Four The Nectar of Death
Chapter Five Under St. Clement Danes
Chapter Six Valérie Dedieu
Chapter Seven Aut Tace, aut Pace
Chapter Eight Under Seal
Chapter Nine Denizens of Soho
Chapter Ten Deadly Pair
Chapter Eleven The Fourth Passenger
Chapter Twelve “A Crooked Bit of Business”
Chapter Thirteen Studio Secrets
Chapter Fourteen On Cornish Cliffs
Chapter Fifteen Queen of the Silent Kingdom
Chapter Sixteen Dolly’s Indiscretion
Chapter Seventeen Laroche
Chapter Eighteen Lips Forsworn
Chapter Nineteen A Strange Compact
Chapter Twenty Winged Hours
Chapter Twenty One Purely Fin de Siècle
Chapter Twenty Two The Pretty Artist’s Model
Chapter Twenty Three Without the Queen’s Proctor
Chapter Twenty Four Truth in Masquerade
Chapter Twenty Five Shekels of Judas
Chapter Twenty Six And You — A Clergyman
Chapter Twenty Seven Silken Sackcloth
Chapter Twenty Eight At La Nouvelle
Chapter Twenty Nine Gilded Sorrow
Chapter Thirty The Englishman of the Boulevard Haussmann
Chapter Thirty One A Wanderer
Chapter Thirty Two Gabrielle Debriège
Chapter Thirty Three La Petite Hirondelle
Chapter Thirty Four Dregs of Life
Chapter Thirty Five Devil’s Dice
Chapter Thirty Six Conclusion

The Great White Queen

Table of Contents
CHAPTER I A ROMANCE!
CHAPTER II OMAR'S SLAVE
CHAPTER III OUTWARD BOUND
CHAPTER IV A STRANGE PROMISE
CHAPTER V THE GIANT'S FINGER
CHAPTER VI THE ROYAL JUJUS
CHAPTER VII SAMORY'S STRONGHOLD
CHAPTER VIII THE SECRET OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER IX CONDEMNED TO THE TORTURE
CHAPTER X ZOMARA
CHAPTER XI THE HUMAN SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XII IN THE SACRED GROVE
CHAPTER XIII THE WAY OF THE THOUSAND STEPS
CHAPTER XIV FOES
CHAPTER XV A NATURAL GRAVE
CHAPTER XVI WORDS OF FIRE
CHAPTER XVII A SALUTE OF BULLETS
CHAPTER XVIII THE MYSTERIOUS REALM
CHAPTER XIX THE CITY IN THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER XX THE GREAT WHITE QUEEN
CHAPTER XXI A FIGURE IN THE SHADOW
CHAPTER XXII TO THE UNKNOWN
CHAPTER XXIII UNDER THE VAMPIRE'S WING
CHAPTER XXIV THE FLAMING MOUTH
CHAPTER XXV LIOLA
CHAPTER XXVI THE FIRST BLOW
CHAPTER XXVII BY THE NAYA'S ORDERS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE FIGHT FOR THE EMERALD THRONE
CHAPTER XXIX A MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXX TREASURE AND TREASON
CHAPTER XXXI A SPY'S STARTLING STORY
CHAPTER XXXII WAR
CHAPTER XXXIII THE HAREM SLAVE
CHAPTER XXXIV LIOLA'S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXV INTO THE MIST
CONCLUSION

Devil's Dice

Table of Contents
Chapter One Queen of the Unknown
Chapter Two Sin or Secret?
Chapter Three Ghosts of the Past
Chapter Four A Deepening Mystery
Chapter Five Dora’s Engagement
Chapter Six The Countess of Fyneshade
Chapter Seven On Life’s Quicksands
Chapter Eight Secret Understanding
Chapter Nine Who is Her Ladyship?
Chapter Ten Tattle and Tragedy
Chapter Eleven The Locked Room
Chapter Twelve In Strict Confidence
Chapter Thirteen Between the Dances
Chapter Fourteen The Deeper Indiscretion
Chapter Fifteen Beneath the Rouge
Chapter Sixteen The Mysterious Mr Markwick
Chapter Seventeen Attack and Defence
Chapter Eighteen A Revelation and its Price
Chapter Nineteen The Earl’s Suspicions
Chapter Twenty An Evening’s Amusement
Chapter Twenty One Grindlay’s Tactics
Chapter Twenty Two A House of Shadows
Chapter Twenty Three In Silent Company
Chapter Twenty Four A Confession
Chapter Twenty Five Most Remarkable
Chapter Twenty Six The Fugitive
Chapter Twenty Seven Mabel’s Penitence
Chapter Twenty Eight A Promise
Chapter Twenty Nine Reconciliation
Chapter Thirty One Thousand Pounds
Chapter Thirty One The Scent of Violets
Chapter Thirty Two The Secret
Chapter Thirty Three A Family Council
Chapter Thirty Four Guilt
Chapter Thirty Five Conclusion

Whoso Findeth a Wife

Table of Contents
Chapter One A State Secret
Chapter Two “The Nook”
Chapter Three A Mystery
Chapter Four The Click of the Telegraph
Chapter Five Lord Warnham’s Admission
Chapter Six The Veil
Chapter Seven Ella’s Suspicions
Chapter Eight “I Dare Not!”
Chapter Nine The Bond of Secrecy
Chapter Ten England’s Peril
Chapter Eleven Beck’s Prophecy
Chapter Twelve An Important Dispatch
Chapter Thirteen A Statement to the Press
Chapter Fourteen Sonia
Chapter Fifteen Beyond Recall
Chapter Sixteen Advice Gratis
Chapter Seventeen A Spy’s Story
Chapter Eighteen Some Surprises
Chapter Nineteen A Blade of Grass
Chapter Twenty Undercurrents of Diplomacy
Chapter Twenty One In Kensington Gardens
Chapter Twenty Two To Err is Human
Chapter Twenty Three A Terrible Truth
Chapter Twenty Four Strictly Confidential
Chapter Twenty Five The Man of the Hour
Chapter Twenty Six A Mission and its Sequel
Chapter Twenty Seven Cosmopolitans
Chapter Twenty Eight Her Imperial Highness
Chapter Twenty Nine The Seal of Silence
Chapter Thirty Honour among Thieves
Chapter Thirty One Due East
Chapter Thirty Two On the Frontier
Chapter Thirty Three Bad Company
Chapter Thirty Four Outcast
Chapter Thirty Five Confession
Chapter Thirty Six The Thrall
Chapter Thirty Seven Conclusion

The Eye of Istar

Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
Chapter One The Blast of the Onbeia
Chapter Two Sun and Silence
Chapter Three Azala
Chapter Four The Mark of the Asps
Chapter Five The Black Eunuch
Chapter Six Rage and Remorse
Chapter Seven The White City
Chapter Eight Veiled Men of the Desert
Chapter Nine An Audience of the Khalifa
Chapter Ten By Imperial Request
Chapter Eleven Tiamo the Dwarf
Chapter Twelve Mysteries of Eblis
Chapter Thirteen The Prism of Destiny
Chapter Fourteen A Sign Afar
Chapter Fifteen Tales of the Story-Tellers
Chapter Sixteen A Secret of State
Chapter Seventeen Flight
Chapter Eighteen The Alarm
Chapter Nineteen Mohammed El-Arewa
Chapter Twenty The Father of the Blue Hand
Chapter Twenty One In the Wilderness
Chapter Twenty Two Zu, the Bird-God
Chapter Twenty Three The Forest of Perpetual Night
Chapter Twenty Four A Pagan Land
Chapter Twenty Five Avisibba
Chapter Twenty Six The Ivory-Raiders
Chapter Twenty Seven Ngalyema
Chapter Twenty Eight Pigmies of the Forest
Chapter Twenty Nine Facing Malec
Chapter Thirty A Prophecy
Chapter Thirty One On the Horizon
Chapter Thirty Two The Great Sin
Chapter Thirty Three Where Dwelt the Devourer
Chapter Thirty Four The Land of the No Return
Chapter Thirty Five A Visitant from the Mists
Chapter Thirty Six The Torture-Wheel
Chapter Thirty Seven Ea
Chapter Thirty Eight Istar
Chapter Thirty Nine Foretokens
Chapter Forty The Festival of Tammuz
Chapter Forty One The Temple of Love
Chapter Forty Two Crooked Paths
Chapter Forty Three Doom
Chapter Forty Four The Talisman
Chapter Forty Five Conclusion

If Sinners Entice Thee

Table of Contents
Chapter One Zertho
Chapter Two A Beggar on Horseback
Chapter Three “We must not Marry!”
Chapter Four Hairpins
Chapter Five Captain Brooker’s Objection
Chapter Six Outsiders
Chapter Seven The Missing Mariette
Chapter Eight The Promenade des Anglais
Chapter Nine The Way of Transgressors
Chapter Ten Mask and Domino
Chapter Eleven Monte Carlo
Chapter Twelve Liane’s Secret
Chapter Thirteen Lip-Salve
Chapter Fourteen A Woman’s Story
Chapter Fifteen Held in Bondage
Chapter Sixteen The Golden Hand
Chapter Seventeen The House of the Wicked
Chapter Eighteen Sinned Against
Chapter Nineteen The Miniature
Chapter Twenty At Cross Lane
Chapter Twenty One Red and Black
Chapter Twenty Two Conclusion

The Bond of Black

Table of Contents
Preface Author’s Note
Chapter One London’s Deligh
Chapter Two This Crucifix
Chapter Three Woman’s World
Chapter Four Not Counting the Cost
Chapter Five The Bony-Faced Man
Chapter Six Two Mysteries
Chapter Seven What Ash Knew
Chapter Eight Within Grasp
Chapter Nine Mrs Popejoy’s Statement
Chapter Ten In Duddington
Chapter Eleven Purely Confidential
Chapter Twelve “You! Of All Men!”
Chapter Thirteen The Old Love and the New
Chapter Fourteen Jack Yelverton’s Confession
Chapter Fifteen A Strange Assertion
Chapter Sixteen Rocks among Pebbles
Chapter Seventeen After Business Hours
Chapter Eighteen The Chalice
Chapter Nineteen The Result of the Compact
Chapter Twenty One Man’s Hand
Chapter Twenty One Silence
Chapter Twenty Two To Seek the Truth
Chapter Twenty Three In the Shadow
Chapter Twenty Four The Evil-Doers
Chapter Twenty Five Conclusion

The Day of Temptation

Table of Contents
Chapter One Aliens
Chapter Two The Silver Greyhound
Chapter Three One of a Crowd
Chapter Four “The Major”
Chapter Five Tristram at Home
Chapter Six In Tuscany
Chapter Seven Doctor Malvano
Chapter Eight Her Ladyship’s Secret
Chapter Nine Beneath the Red, White, and Blue
Chapter Ten The Mystery of Gemma
Chapter Eleven Silence is Best
Chapter Twelve A Word with His Excellency
Chapter Thirteen A Discovery in Ebury Street
Chapter Fourteen The Doctor’s Story
Chapter Fifteen The Shadow
Chapter Sixteen “Traitors Die Slowly”
Chapter Seventeen Smayle’s Dilemma
Chapter Eighteen What Lady Marshfield Knew
Chapter Nineteen A Secret Despatch
Chapter Twenty “The Gobbo”
Chapter Twenty One At Lyddington
Chapter Twenty Two The Unknown
Chapter Twenty Three A Ruler of Europe
Chapter Twenty Four By Stealth
Chapter Twenty Five A Woman’s Diplomacy
Chapter Twenty Six The Palazza Funaro
Chapter Twenty Seven On the Night Wind
Chapter Twenty Eight The Trick of a Trickster
Chapter Twenty Nine Entrapped
Chapter Thirty “I Bear Witness!”
Chapter Thirty One Fiori d’Arancio

The Veiled Man

Table of Contents
Preface Author’s Note
Chapter One The City of the Seven Shadows
Chapter Two A Sappho of the Sand
Chapter Three The Secret of Sâ
Chapter Four The Three Dwarfs of Lebo
Chapter Five The Coming of Allah
Chapter Six The Evil of the Thousand Eyes
Chapter Seven The Gate of Hell
Chapter Eight The Queen of the Silent Kingdom
Chapter Nine The Father of the Hundred slaves
Chapter Ten The Mystery of Afo
Chapter Eleven The Throne of the Great Torture

The Wiles of the Wicked

Table of Contents
Chapter One Why This is Written
Chapter Two The Bracelet and the Palm
Chapter Three The House with the Portico
Chapter Four The Woman
Chapter Five The Unseen
Chapter Six Hand and Heart
Chapter Seven The Mystery is Increased
Chapter Eight The Stranger
Chapter Nine From the Unknown
Chapter Ten The Girl in Blue
Chapter Eleven The Fourteenth of October
Chapter Twelve “It is his!”
Chapter Thirteen The Enchantment of a Face
Chapter Fourteen A Revelation
Chapter Fifteen What I Saw
Chapter Sixteen The Inner Room
Chapter Seventeen The Marble Hand
Chapter Eighteen Mystery Inexplicable
Chapter Nineteen My Unknown Wife’s Story
Chapter Twenty How Many Yesterdays?
Chapter Twenty One Gedge Tells the Truth
Chapter Twenty Two Broken Threads
Chapter Twenty Three I Make a Discovery
Chapter Twenty Four The Master Hand
Chapter Twenty Five The Person who Knew
Chapter Twenty Six Edna Makes a Proposal
Chapter Twenty Seven More Scheming
Chapter Twenty Eight Two Words
Chapter Twenty Nine The Enigma
Chapter Thirty Conclusion

An Eye for an Eye

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Chapter One The Mystery Man
Chapter Two The Penny in Paper
Chapter Three An Appointment
Chapter Four The Three Cards
Chapter Five The Second Woman
Chapter Six What I Saw in the Park
Chapter Seven Eva Glaslyn
Chapter Eight Some Remarkable Evidence
Chapter Nine The Love of Long Ago
Chapter Ten On the Silent Highway
Chapter Eleven Beauty at the Helm
Chapter Twelve The Deformed Man’s Statement
Chapter Thirteen Dick Becomes Mysterious
Chapter Fourteen This Hapless World
Chapter Fifteen The Near Beyond
Chapter Sixteen In the City
Chapter Seventeen A Visit from Boyd
Chapter Eighteen “You will never Know — Never!”
Chapter Nineteen Eva Makes a Confession
Chapter Twenty A Night Adventure
Chapter Twenty One Under the Leaden Seal
Chapter Twenty Two In Defiance of the Law
Chapter Twenty Three Her Ladyship
Chapter Twenty Four The Truth Revealed
Chapter Twenty Five Conclusion

In White Raiment

Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One Mainly about People
Chapter Two The Third Finger
Chapter Three Concerning a Compact
Chapter Four The Note of Interrogation
Chapter Five Outward Bound
Chapter Six Captain Banfield Explains
Chapter Seven My New Patient
Chapter Eight What Happened to me
Chapter Nine A Maze of Mystery
Chapter Ten The Major
Chapter Eleven Voices of the Night
Chapter Twelve The Morning After
Chapter Thirteen I Practise a New Profession
Chapter Fourteen A Theory
Chapter Fifteen The Grey House
Chapter Sixteen The Veiled Lady
Chapter Seventeen In Peril
Chapter Eighteen The Mystery of the Morning-Room
Chapter Nineteen Hoefer’s Strange Methods
Chapter Twenty The Chill Hand
Chapter Twenty One Two Hearts
Chapter Twenty Two A Savant at Home
Chapter Twenty Three A Counter-Plot
Chapter Twenty Four Face to Face
Chapter Twenty Five The Woman in Black
Chapter Twenty Six Husband and Wife
Chapter Twenty Seven The Tempter
Chapter Twenty Eight Sought Out
Chapter Twenty Nine Put to the Test
Chapter Thirty “La Gioia”
Chapter Thirty One Conclusion

Of Royal Blood

Table of Contents
CHAPTER I — UNDER ORDERS
CHAPTER II — JUDITH
CHAPTER III — THE SHADOW
CHAPTER IV — THE FACE AND THE MASK
CHAPTER V — THE STATEMENT OF ANN PRIMROSE
CHAPTER VI — IN CYPHER
CHAPTER VII — HER MAJESTY'S AMBASSADOR
CHAPTER VIII — A MASTER STROKE
CHAPTER IX — AT THE STATE BALL
CHAPTER X — HER HIGHNESS'S CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER XI — WILES AND WISDOM
CHAPTER XII — A DESPATCH FROM DOWNING-STREET
CHAPTER XIII — THE ROSE OF LOVE
CHAPTER XIV — THE EVIL OF THE HAPSBOURGS
CHAPTER XV — AN AFFINITY OF SOULS
CHAPTER XVI — SECRET SERVICE
CHAPTER XVII — THE KING'S MESSAGE
CHAPTER XVIII — A VOICE IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX — MELANIE'S FEAR
CHAPTER XX — AT THE BRITISH LEGATION
CHAPTER XXI — WHAT JUDITH KNEW
CHAPTER XXII — THE PRINCESS ASKS A FAVOUR
CHAPTER XXIII — EVEN MORE CURIOUS
CHAPTER XXIV — CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXV — CONCLUSION

Her Majesty's Minister

Table of Contents
Chapter One His Excellency
Chapter Two Two Enigmas
Chapter Three Yolande
Chapter Four A Curious Story
Chapter Five La Comtesse
Chapter Six A Piece of Plain Paper
Chapter Seven By a Thread
Chapter Eight The Old Love
Chapter Nine At the Elysée
Chapter Ten Confession
Chapter Eleven Deane Speaks his Mind
Chapter Twelve The English Tea-Shop
Chapter Thirteen The Spy’s Report
Chapter Fourteen Smart Paris
Chapter Fifteen Across the Channel
Chapter Sixteen Dawn
Chapter Seventeen Edith Austin
Chapter Eighteen By Day and by Night
Chapter Nineteen Whispered Words
Chapter Twenty From Downing Street to Paris
Chapter Twenty One The Sister Arts
Chapter Twenty Two Perfume and Politics
Chapter Twenty Three Princess Léonie
Chapter Twenty Four In the Forest of Fontainebleau
Chapter Twenty Five England’s Enemies
Chapter Twenty Six A Woman’s Heart
Chapter Twenty Seven The Unexpected
Chapter Twenty Eight On the Crooked Way
Chapter Twenty Nine Kaye is Puzzled
Chapter Thirty Knights of Industry
Chapter Thirty One The Red Ass
Chapter Thirty Two Betrayal
Chapter Thirty Three Which Contains a Surprise
Chapter Thirty Four At Bordighera
Chapter Thirty Five In which Edith Speaks Plainly
Chapter Thirty Six The Secret
Chapter Thirty Seven Conclusion

The Under-Secretary

Table of Contents
Chapter One Is mainly about a Man
Chapter Two Concerns Claudia’s Caprice
Chapter Three In which Dudley Chisholm is Frank
Chapter Four Reveals a Peccant Passion
Chapter Five Describes an English Home
Chapter Six In which the Colonel grows Mysterious
Chapter Seven Unites Reality with Romance
Chapter Eight Shows a Politician and a Policy
Chapter Nine Defines the Dazzling Degradation
Chapter Ten Makes Plain a Woman’s Duty
Chapter Eleven Discloses an Ugly Truth
Chapter Twelve Is Distinctly Enigmatical
Chapter Thirteen Takes Dudley by a By-Path
Chapter Fourteen Which Demands Explanation
Chapter Fifteen Is told in the Grass Country
Chapter Sixteen Suggests a Double Problem
Chapter Seventeen Recounts Curious Circumstances
Chapter Eighteen Introduces an Interesting Person
Chapter Nineteen A Man of Secrets Speaks
Chapter Twenty Throws Light on the Past
Chapter Twenty One Sows Seeds of Suspicion
Chapter Twenty Two Requires Solution
Chapter Twenty Three Records some Matters of Fact
Chapter Twenty Four Contrasts Two Loves
Chapter Twenty Five In which the Stranger states his Mission
Chapter Twenty Six Shows Signori of the Suburbs
Chapter Twenty Seven Which asks a Question
Chapter Twenty Eight Confesses the Truth
Chapter Twenty Nine Confides a Motive and a Mystery
Chapter Thirty Tells a Strange Tale
Chapter Thirty One Contains the Conclusion

The Seven Secrets

Table of Contents
CHAPTER I INTRODUCES AMBLER JEVONS
CHAPTER II “A VERY UGLY SECRET”
CHAPTER III THE COURTENAYS
CHAPTER IV A NIGHT CALL
CHAPTER V DISCLOSES A MYSTERY
CHAPTER VI IN WHICH I MAKE A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VII THE MAN SHORT AND HIS STORY
CHAPTER VIII AMBLER JEVONS IS INQUISITIVE
CHAPTER IX SHADOWS
CHAPTER X WHICH PUZZLES THE DOCTORS
CHAPTER XI CONCERNS MY PRIVATE AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XII I RECEIVE A VISITOR
CHAPTER XIII MY LOVE
CHAPTER XIV IS DISTINCTLY CURIOUS
CHAPTER XV I AM CALLED FOR CONSULTATION
CHAPTER XVI REVEALS AN ASTOUNDING FACT
CHAPTER XVII DISCUSSES SEVERAL MATTERS
CHAPTER XVIII WORDS OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER XIX JEVONS GROWS MYSTERIOUS
CHAPTER XX MY NEW PATIENT
CHAPTER XXI WOMAN’S WILES
CHAPTER XXII A MESSAGE
CHAPTER XXIII THE MYSTERY OF MARY
CHAPTER XXIV ETHELWYNN IS SILENT
CHAPTER XXV FORMS A BEWILDERING ENIGMA
CHAPTER XXVI AMBLER JEVONS IS BUSY
CHAPTER XXVII MR. LANE’S ROMANCE
CHAPTER XXVIII “POOR MRS. COURTENAY”
CHAPTER XXIX THE POLICE ARE AT FAULT
CHAPTER XXX SIR BERNARD’S DECISION
CHAPTER XXXI CONTAINS THE PLAIN TRUTH

As We Forgive Them

Table of Contents
Preface From the Author to the Reader
Chapter One The Stranger in Manchester
Chapter Two Contains Certain Mysterious Facts
Chapter Three In Which a Strange Story is Told
Chapter Four Which Traverses Dangerous Ground
Chapter Five In which the Mystery Becomes Considerably Increased
Chapter Six Concerns Three Capital A’s
Chapter Seven The Mysterious Foreigner
Chapter Eight In which the Truth is Spoken
Chapter Nine The House of Silence
Chapter Ten The Man of Secrets
Chapter Eleven Which Explains the Peril of Mabel Blair
Chapter Twelve Mr Richard Dawson
Chapter Thirteen Burton Blair’s Secret is Revealed
Chapter Fourteen Gives an Expert Opinion
Chapter Fifteen Certain Things we Found at Mayvill
Chapter Sixteen In which Two Curious Facts are Established
Chapter Seventeen Merely Concerns a Stranger
Chapter Eighteen The Crossways at Owston
Chapter Nineteen Which Contains a Clue
Chapter Twenty The Reading of the Record
Chapter Twenty One “Worse than Death”
Chapter Twenty Two The Mystery of a Night’s Adventure
Chapter Twenty Three Which is in Many Ways Amazing
Chapter Twenty Four Contains a Terrible Disclosure
Chapter Twenty Five The Sacred Name
Chapter Twenty Six Face to Face
Chapter Twenty Seven The Directions of His Eminence
Chapter Twenty Eight Describes a Startling Discovery
Chapter Twenty Nine In which a Strange Tale is Told
Chapter Thirty The Motive and the Moral
Chapter Thirty One Conclusion

The Sign of the Stranger

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Chapter One The Advent of the Stranger
Chapter Two Concerns Lady Lolita
Chapter Three Which is a Mystery
Chapter Four Wherein a Strange Story is Told
Chapter Five Reveals Three Curious Facts
Chapter Six For Love of Lolita
Chapter Seven Is Full of Mystery
Chapter Eight Wherein I Make Certain Discoveries
Chapter Nine Tells Some Strange Truths
Chapter Ten The Earl of Stanchester Speaks his Mind
Chapter Eleven Certain Questions and their Answers
Chapter Twelve Love and Lolita
Chapter Thirteen The Young Countess Makes a Statement
Chapter Fourteen Concerns a Gay Woman
Chapter Fifteen The Track of the Truth
Chapter Sixteen The Story of Mr Thomas Hayes
Chapter Seventeen Which Concerns a Guest at the Hall
Chapter Eighteen Which Teaches the Value of Silence
Chapter Nineteen Face to Face
Chapter Twenty Richard Keene Makes a Revelation
Chapter Twenty One The Saints’ Garden
Chapter Twenty Two The Sign to the Unknown
Chapter Twenty Three Contains a Disclosure
Chapter Twenty Four Introduces a Man with a History
Chapter Twenty Five Whereby Richard Keene is Surprised
Chapter Twenty Six Refers to Certain Ugly Facts
Chapter Twenty Seven Which Tells of a Heart’s Desire
Chapter Twenty Eight What! Saw in the Night
Chapter Twenty Nine Is Still More Mysterious
Chapter Thirty A Ray of Light
Chapter Thirty One Gives the Keyword
Chapter Thirty Two Weston Expresses Certain Fears
Chapter Thirty Three Reveals some Secrets
Chapter Thirty Four The Affair in Sibberton Park
Chapter Thirty Five The Truth
Chapter Thirty Six Containing the Conclusion

The Hunchback of Westminster

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Preface A Word Before Reading
Chapter One How Don José Baited His Trap
Chapter Two Lot Eighty-Two
Chapter Three I Determine to Go Forward
Chapter Four The House at Hampstead
Chapter Five Introduces the Hunchback
Chapter Six The Sacred Secret
Chapter Seven In Stanton Street
Chapter Eight Some Grave Suspicions
Chapter Nine The Hunchback Tries a New Ruse
Chapter Ten The Lady from Mexico
Chapter Eleven What Happened to us
Chapter Twelve What the Papers Said
Chapter Thirteen The Two Brothers
Chapter Fourteen Which Contains a Fresh Development
Chapter Fifteen In Search of the Secret
Chapter Sixteen Above the Clouds
Chapter Seventeen The Mysteries of St. Bruno’s
Chapter Eighteen London Again
Chapter Nineteen Reveals the Secret of the Order
Chapter Twenty More Mystery
Chapter Twenty One The Use of the Image
Chapter Twenty Two The Jesuits’ Cipher
Chapter Twenty Three In which Further Facts are Deciphered
Chapter Twenty Four Reveals a Scheme
Chapter Twenty Five Held in Bondage
Chapter Twenty Six The Words of Father Ganton
Chapter Twenty Seven At the Present Moment

The Closed Book

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Chapter One Which Mainly Concerns a Hunchback
Chapter Two The Priest and the Book
Chapter Three In which the Prior is Mysterious
Chapter Four By the Tideless Sea
Chapter Five Shows Something Suspicious
Chapter Six The Opening of the Book
Chapter Seven Forbidden Folios
Chapter Eight Concerns a Woman’s Serfdom
Chapter Nine Doctor Pellegrini’s Opinion
Chapter Ten Across Europe
Chapter Eleven The Old Lady from Paris
Chapter Twelve The Sign of the Bear Cub
Chapter Thirteen What the Watchers Saw
Chapter Fourteen The Counsel of Friends
Chapter Fifteen The Old Monk’s Secret
Chapter Sixteen Continues the Record
Chapter Seventeen Contains Forbidden Knowledge
Chapter Eighteen Lady Judith Speaks
Chapter Nineteen The Hand and the Glove
Chapter Twenty Walter Wyman Rejoins me
Chapter Twenty One We Make Preliminary Investigation
Chapter Twenty Two What Happened at Crowland
Chapter Twenty Three Tactics of the Enemy
Chapter Twenty Four Forestalled
Chapter Twenty Five What the Buried Chest Contained
Chapter Twenty Six A Discovery in Harpur Street
Chapter Twenty Seven If you Knew the Truth
Chapter Twenty Eight The Stranger in Black
Chapter Twenty Nine Some Explanations
Chapter Thirty Humours of a House Party
Chapter Thirty One Under the Gallows Knob
Chapter Thirty Two The Major Makes a Statement
Chapter Thirty Three Will the Sun Shine?
Chapter Thirty Four The Red Bull of the Borgias
Chapter Thirty Five What we Found at Threave
Chapter Thirty Six Shows the Actual Spot at Crowland
Chapter Thirty Seven In which I Enter the House of Mystery
Chapter Thirty Eight The Room of the Bear Cub
Chapter Thirty Nine Contains Lord Glenelg’s Story
Chapter Forty By which the Book Remains open

The Czar's Spy

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CHAPTER I HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE
CHAPTER II WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED
CHAPTER III THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER"
CHAPTER IV IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES
CHAPTER V CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER VI THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER VII CONTAINS A SURPRISE
CHAPTER VIII LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM
CHAPTER IX STRANGE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE
CHAPTER X I SHOW MY HAND
CHAPTER XI THE CASTLE OF THE TERROR
CHAPTER XII "THE STRANGLER"
CHAPTER XIII A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XIV HER HIGHNESS IS INQUISITIVE
CHAPTER XV JUST OFF THE STRAND
CHAPTER XVI MARKED MEN
CHAPTER XVII THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "LOLA"
CHAPTER XVIII CONTAINS ELMA'S STORY
CONCLUSION

Behind the Throne

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Chapter One The Cat’s-Paw
Chapter Two Friends of her Excellency
Chapter Three In which Mary Reveals Certain Suspicions
Chapter Four Contains a Mystery
Chapter Five Is Mainly about a Woman
Chapter Six Discloses Certain Strange Facts
Chapter Seven An Afternoon at Thornby
Chapter Eight The Traitor
Chapter Nine His Excellency Learns the Truth
Chapter Ten “For Mary’s Sake”
Chapter Eleven The Secret Agent
Chapter Twelve Concerns some Curious Instructions
Chapter Thirteen The Villa San Donato
Chapter Fourteen In the Silence of Night
Chapter Fifteen The Peril of a Nation
Chapter Sixteen Father and Daughter
Chapter Seventeen The Sazarac Affair
Chapter Eighteen Counting the Cost
Chapter Nineteen The Sacrifice
Chapter Twenty Tells the Truth
Chapter Twenty One The Ear of the Minister
Chapter Twenty Two Concerns a Man’s Duty
Chapter Twenty Three The Plot
Chapter Twenty Four In the Chamber of Deputies
Chapter Twenty Five Billy Grenfell is Philosophic
Chapter Twenty Six A Millionaire’s Tactics
Chapter Twenty Seven Vito is Inquisitive
Chapter Twenty Eight “Was Sazarac your Friend?”
Chapter Twenty Nine Around the Throne
Chapter Thirty The Path of the Tempter
Chapter Thirty One In which a Double Game is Played
Chapter Thirty Two The Birth of Love
Chapter Thirty Three Mrs Fitzroy’s Governess
Chapter Thirty Four In Confidence
Chapter Thirty Five The Captain is Outspoken
Chapter Thirty Six In the Twilight Hour
Chapter Thirty Seven At Orton Court Again
Chapter Thirty Eight “Silence for Silence!”
Chapter Thirty Nine Revelations
Chapter Forty The Story of Captain Solaro
Chapter Forty One A Woman’s Freedom

The Pauper of Park Lane

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Chapter One Introduces a Man and a Mystery
Chapter Two Concerns a Silent Secret
Chapter Three Tells of a Woman’s Love
Chapter Four Which is Distinctly Mysterious
Chapter Five What a Constable Saw
Chapter Six Mentions a Curious Confession
Chapter Seven Contains Several Revelations
Chapter Eight The Pauper of Park Lane
Chapter Nine In which Levi Gives Advice
Chapter Ten Shows a Woman’s Peril
Chapter Eleven Samuel Statham Makes Confession
Chapter Twelve In which a Woman’s Honour is at Stake
Chapter Thirteen Describes the Man from Nowhere
Chapter Fourteen Reveals a Clever Conspiracy
Chapter Fifteen More about Marion
Chapter Sixteen On Dangerous Ground
Chapter Seventeen In which a Scot Becomes Anxious
Chapter Eighteen The Outsider
Chapter Nineteen The Man who Loved
Chapter Twenty Explains Jean Adam’s Suggestion
Chapter Twenty One Shows Mr Statham at Home
Chapter Twenty Two Tells of the Three
Chapter Twenty Three London Lovers
Chapter Twenty Four Truth or Untruth
Chapter Twenty Five Two Men and a Woman
Chapter Twenty Six Which Puts a Serious Question
Chapter Twenty Seven In the Web
Chapter Twenty Eight Old Sam has a Visitor
Chapter Twenty Nine In which Marion is Indiscreet
Chapter Thirty The Spider’s Parlour
Chapter Thirty One “His Name!”
Chapter Thirty Two Man’s Broken Promises
Chapter Thirty Three Against the Rules
Chapter Thirty Four The Mysterious Mademoiselle
Chapter Thirty Five In which there is another Mystery
Chapter Thirty Six The Locked Door in Park Lane
Chapter Thirty Seven Max Barclay is Inquisitive
Chapter Thirty Eight Friend or Foe?
Chapter Thirty Nine The City of Unrest
Chapter Forty Gives a Clue
Chapter Forty One The Gateway of the East
Chapter Forty Two Advances a Theory
Chapter Forty Three The Lost Beloved
Chapter Forty Four Tells of a Determination
Chapter Forty Five The Impending Blow
Chapter Forty Six To Learn the Truth
Chapter Forty Seven Contains More Mystery
Chapter Forty Eight Not Counting the Cost
Chapter Forty Nine What Lay behind the Door
Chapter Fifty Face to Face
Chapter Fifty One Describes Another Surprise
Chapter Fifty Two Contains a Complete Revelation

The Mysterious Mr. Miller

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Chapter One A Stranger in Shepherd’s Bush
Chapter Two Touches a Woman’s Honour
Chapter Three Gives some Explanations
Chapter Four Arouses Certain Suspicions
Chapter Five The Villa Du Lac
Chapter Six The Truth about the Stranger