"Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" by Frank Lucius Packard. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Оглавление
Frank Lucius Packard. Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
Table of Contents
—I—
THE TOCSIN
—II—
THE GRAY SEAL
—III—
ONE ISAAC SHIFTEL
—IV—
THREADS
—V—
MOTHER MARGOT
—VI—
THE MAN WITH THE RUBBER-TIPPED CANE
—VII—
THE MESSAGE
—VIII—
JIMMIE DALE PAYS A VISIT
—IX—
THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN STAIRS
—X—
BEGGAR PETE
—XI—
THE PANELLED WALL
—XII—
LITTLE SWEENEY
—XIII—
THE LESSER BREED
—XIV—
THE CAT'S-PAW
—XV—
BEHIND THE DOORS OF THE UNDERWORLD
—XVI—
ENGLISH STEVE
—XVII—
A DEVIL'S ALIBI
—XVIII—
THE VOICE
—XIX—
JACKALS
—XX—
AT A QUARTER TO THREE
—XXI—
THE CALL OF THE NIGHT
—XXII—
A TAPPED WIRE
—XXIII—
THE PIECES OF A PUZZLE
—XXIV—
THE BLACK BOX
—XXV—
IN THE SANCTUARY
—XXVI—
AT “THE WHITE RAT”
—XXVII—
THE LAIR
—XXVIII—
BLIND PETER'S
—XXIX—
THE PORT OF DAWN
THE END
Отрывок из книги
Frank Lucius Packard
Published by Good Press, 2021
.....
It took a minute, perhaps two; and then upon the table there lay a number of jewellers' cases in both plush and leather, and a dozen or more little chamois bags. Laroque was rapidly opening and shutting the cases, and as he did so the contents of each in its turn, pendants, brooches, ornaments of many designs, all of them set with diamonds, seemed to leap thirstily at the light and hail it with eager scintillating flashes before the covers could be shut down upon them again.
