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Ernest Elmore. The Cornish Coast Murder
The Cornish Coast Murder
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. MURDER!
CHAPTER II. THE UNDRAWN CURTAINS
CHAPTER III. THE PUZZLE OF THE FOOTPRINTS
CHAPTER IV. STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF RUTH TREGARTHAN
CHAPTER V. THE INSPECTOR FORMS A THEORY
CHAPTER VI. THE MISSING REVOLVER
CHAPTER VII. CONVERSATION AT THE VICARAGE
CHAPTER VIII. WAS IT RONALD HARDY?
CHAPTER IX. COLLABORATION?
CHAPTER X. THE SINGLE SHOT
CHAPTER XI. THEFT FROM THE BODY
CHAPTER XII. THE OPEN WINDOW
CHAPTER XIII. CORONER’S INQUEST
CHAPTER XIV. THE NOTE
CHAPTER XV. COWPER MAKES A STATEMENT
CHAPTER XVI. THE VICAR MAKES AN EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER XVII. ENTER RONALD HARDY
CHAPTER XVIII. PERFECT ALIBI
CHAPTER XIX. REUNION
CHAPTER XX. THE LITTLE GREYSTOKE TAILOR
CHAPTER XXI. THE MYSTERY SOLVED
CHAPTER XXII. CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE VICAR EXPLAINS
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Ernest Elmore
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I’ve been expecting it,” said the Vicar, adding, after a contented puff at his cigar, “I’ve an unholy fear of storms, Pendrill. Not for myself, of course—but for my church. It’s so isolated and open. I can’t imagine what would happen if the tower collapsed and the Greenow clock with it. I always keep an eye on the ‘grandfather’ over there, my dear fellow, until the storm blows over.”
“Oh, reassurance. I look out of the window and set that clock by the Greenow one in the tower every day. Never fail to. When my clock strikes and the church clock fails to respond ... don’t you see?”
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