A silent witness
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On a wet and windy silent night in the sleeping city of London, the body of a man is found sprawled across Millfield Lane. So begins an ill wind and the puzzle of an intriguing stranger in this enchanting Dr Thorndyke mystery.
Chapters (27)
- A SILENT WITNESS
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- CONTENTS
- A SILENT WITNESS
- CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE MYSTERY
- CHAPTER II. THE FINDING OF THE RELIQUARY
- CHAPTER III. “WHO IS SYLVIA?”
- CHAPTER IV. SEPTIMUS MADDOCK, DECEASED
- CHAPTER V. THE LETHAL CHAMBER
- CHAPTER VI. A COUNCIL OF WAR
- CHAPTER VII. AN UNSEEN ENEMY
- CHAPTER VIII. “IT’S AN ILL WIND—”
- CHAPTER IX. THORNDYKE TAKES UP THE SCENT
- CHAPTER X. THE UNHEEDED WARNING
- CHAPTER XI. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
- CHAPTER XII. MISS VYNE
- CHAPTER XIII. A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
- CHAPTER XIV. A LONELY WOMAN
- CHAPTER XV. EXIT DR. JARDINE
- CHAPTER XVI. ENTER FATHER HUMPERDINCK
- CHAPTER XVII. THE PALIMPSEST
- CHAPTER XVIII. A VISITOR FROM THE STATES
- CHAPTER XIX. TENEBRAE
- CHAPTER XX. THE HUE AND CRY
- CHAPTER XXI. THE FINAL PROBLEM
- CHAPTER XXII. THORNDYKE REVIEWS THE CASE
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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