The Sixth Sense

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Stephen McKenna. The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

Table of Contents

THE SIXTH SENSE

PROLOGUE

LONDON AFTER TWENTY YEARS

CHAPTER IToC

CHAPTER IIToC

SUPPER WITH A MYSTIC

CHAPTER IIIToC

CHAPTER IVToC

THE FIRST ROUND

CHAPTER VToC

COMMEMORATION

CHAPTER VIToC

CHAPTER VIIToC

A CAUSE CÉLÈBRE

CHAPTER VIIIToC

CHAPTER IXToC

THE THIRD ROUND

CHAPTER XToC

CHAPTER XIToC

THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE

CHAPTER XIIToC

CHAPTER XIIIToC

OR THE OBVIOUS ALTERNATIVE

CHAPTER XIVToC

CHAPTER XVToC

THE RAID

CHAPTER XVIToC

EPILOGUE

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Stephen McKenna

A Novel

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As I turned into Pont Street a private car was drawn up by the kerb opposite my brother's house. I dawdled for a few steps while a pretty, brown-eyed, black-haired girl said good-bye to a friend at the door and drove away. It was no more than a glimpse that I caught, but the smiling, small-featured face attracted me. I wondered who she was, and who was the girl with auburn hair who persisted in standing on my brother's top step long after the car was out of sight, instead of retiring indoors and leaving me an unembarrassed entry.

I pretended not to see her as I mounted the steps, but the pretence was torn away when I heard her addressing me as "Uncle Simon."

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