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Freeman Wills Crofts. The Cheyne Mystery
The Cheyne Mystery
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
The Episode in the Plymouth Hotel
CHAPTER II
Burglary!
CHAPTER III
The Launch “Enid”
CHAPTER IV
Concerning a Peerage
CHAPTER V
An Amateur Sleuth
CHAPTER VI
The House in Hopefield Avenue
CHAPTER VII
Miss Joan Merrill
CHAPTER VIII
A Council of War
CHAPTER IX
Mr. Speedwell Plays His Hand
CHAPTER X
The New Firm Gets Busy
CHAPTER XI
Otto Schulz’s Secret
CHAPTER XII
In the Enemy’s Lair
CHAPTER XIII
Inspector French Takes Charge
CHAPTER XIV
The Clue of the Clay-marked Shoe
CHAPTER XV
The Torn Hotel Bill
CHAPTER XVI
A Tale of Two Cities
CHAPTER XVII
On the Flood Tide
CHAPTER XVIII
A Visitor from India
CHAPTER XIX
The Message of the Tracing
CHAPTER XX
The Goal of the “L’Escaut”
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Freeman Wills Crofts
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Ages of time passed and Cheyne slowly struggled back into consciousness. As soon as he was sufficiently awake to analyze his sensations he realized that his brain was dull and clouded and his limbs heavy as lead. He was, however, physically comfortable, and he was content to allow his body to remain relaxed and motionless and his mind to dream idly on without conscious thought. But his energy gradually returned and at last he opened his eyes.
He was lying, dressed, on a bed in a strange room. Apparently it was night, for the room was dark save for the light on the window blind which seemed to come from a street lamp without. Vaguely interested, he closed his eyes again, and when he reopened them the room was lighted up and a man was standing beside the bed.
