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Christopher St. John Sprigg. Death of an Airman
Death of an Airman
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. ARRIVAL OF A BISHOP
CHAPTER II. CREATION OF A CORPSE
CHAPTER III. INQUEST ON AN AIRMAN
CHAPTER IV. PERCEPTION OF A PRELATE
CHAPTER V. DISCOVERY OF A DOCTOR
CHAPTER VI. SHORTAGE OF SUSPECTS
CHAPTER VII. ADMISSION OF AN ANALYST
CHAPTER VIII. AUTOROTATION OF AN ECCLESIASTIC
CHAPTER IX. FRANCOPHILIA IN GLASGOW
CHAPTER X. APPOINTMENTS OF ROYAL PERSONAGES
CHAPTER XI. SCOTLAND YARD IN PARIS
CHAPTER XII. INEVITABILITY OF SELF-MURDER
CHAPTER XIII. INTERESTING CONTENTS OF A NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER XIV. END OF AN ENGINEER
CHAPTER XV. SIMULATION OF A SUICIDE
CHAPTER XVI. TROUBLES OF A TRANSATLANTIC FLYER
CHAPTER XVII. DIFFICULTIES OF TWO DETECTIVES
CHAPTER XVIII. AWKWARDNESS OF AN AMERICAN
CHAPTER XIX. METHOD OF A MURDER
CHAPTER XX. KIND CONSIDERATION OF A KILLER
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Christopher St. John Sprigg
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Miss Sackbut’s voice rose in irritation. “Furnace is spinning. He oughtn’t to do that on the kid’s fourth lesson. Particularly with Vane, who’s qualifying as our worst pupil. It’ll scare the life out of him.”
It was only now that the Bishop understood that this alarming manœuvre was intentional. Rotating with the attractive precision of a top, the aeroplane still fell. Its wings flashed alternately silver and red as now the under and now the upper surface caught the sunlight. The Bishop could see in the cockpits two black heads, absurdly small, which appeared and disappeared as the aeroplane revolved.
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