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John G. Brandon. A Scream in Soho
A Scream in Soho
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A STRANGER IN SOHO
CHAPTER II. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR McCARTHY DISCOURSES OF THINGS AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER III. THE SCREAM IN THE BLACK-OUT
CHAPTER IV. McCARTHY FOLLOWS A “HUNCH”
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE TRAGEDY DEEPENS
CHAPTER VI. THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER VII “DANNY THE DIP” TURNS UP
CHAPTER VIII. THE INSPECTOR SUSTAINS A SHOCK!
CHAPTER IX. THE INSPECTOR GETS YET ANOTHER SHOCK
CHAPTER X. McCARTHY IS TAKEN OFF THE CASE!
CHAPTER XI. MOTIVE
CHAPTER XII. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XIII. WITHERS SUPPLIES SOME CURIOUS INFORMATION
CHAPTER XIV. AT THE CIRCOLO VENEZIA
CHAPTER XV. THE PACKET CHANGES HANDS
CHAPTER XVI. EXIT FLORIELLO MASCAGNI!
CHAPTER XVII “BIG BILL” DOES A SPOT OF SLEUTHING
CHAPTER XVIII. TESSA DOMENICO MOVES UPWARDS
CHAPTER XIX. McCARTHY PARALYSES HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER
CHAPTER XX. McCARTHY STRIKES A SNAG
CHAPTER XXI. THE TABLES ARE TURNED
CHAPTER XXII. A TWO-HANDED RAID!
CHAPTER XXIII. THE INSPECTOR CLEARS THINGS UP!
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John G. Brandon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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He was a tall man, six feet in his stockinged feet McCarthy would have put him down as, and had to stoop considerably before the little waitress could get the coat across the broad shoulders. A fine figure of a man, McCarthy granted instantly; clean limbed and as alert as they come, or he was no judge—for all those strange, unmoving eyes.
That he was gently-bred was proved by the bow he gave the girl as he took his hat from her, and also the military bend of his body he gave to the signora as he moved towards the door. There was something in the very leisureliness of his walk, as he moved along the carpeted passages between the tables, which was almost insolent; as if inwardly he was smiling contemptuously at the simple place in which he found himself, and the equally simple people who patronized it. Just for one moment he paused at the door—to take from his overcoat pocket a small torch which he switched on.
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