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Elizabeth Mackintosh. The Man in the Queue
The Man in the Queue
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. MURDER
Chapter 2. INSPECTOR GRANT
Chapter 3. DANNY MILLER
Chapter 4. RAOUL LEGARDE
Chapter 5. DANNY AGAIN
Chapter 6. THE LEVANTINE
Chapter 7. THINGS MOVE
Chapter 8. MRS. EVERETT
Chapter 9. GRANT GETS MORE INFORMATION THAN HE EXPECTED
Chapter 10. THE BURST TO THE NORTH
Chapter 11. CARNINNISH
Chapter 12. CAPTURE
Chapter 13. MARKING TIME
Chapter 14. THE STATEMENT
Chapter 15. THE BROOCH
Chapter 16. MISS DINMONT ASSISTS
Chapter 17. SOLUTION
Chapter 18. CONCLUSION
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Elizabeth Mackintosh
Published by Good Press, 2021
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As he had hoped, this line of argument was a success. After a little hesitation the girl said, “Let me go and see if I can persuade her.” Her report of the inspector’s charms must have been a rose-coloured one, for she came back in less time than he had dared to hope and took him up to her sister’s room, where he had an interview with a tearful woman who protested that she had not even noticed the man until he had fallen, and whose wet eyes regarded him continually with a dreadful curiosity. Her mouth was hidden behind a barricade of handkerchief which she kept pressed to it. Grant wished that she would take it down for a moment. He had a theory that mouths gave away more than eyes—certainly where women were concerned.
