
Dangerous Ground; or, The Rival Detectives
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- DANGEROUS GROUND;
- THE RIVAL DETECTIVES.
- LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,
- CHICAGO: ALEX. T. LOYD & CO., Publishers. 1886.
- DANGEROUS GROUND.
- PROLOGUE.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- CHAPTER I.
- “STARS OF THE FORCE.”
- CHAPTER II.
- ODDLY EMPLOYED.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT.
- CHAPTER IV.
- ENLISTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
- CHAPTER V.
- “STANHOPE’S FIRST TRICK.”
- CHAPTER VI.
- STANHOPE’S HUMANITY.
- CHAPTER VII.
- HOW A MASQUERADE BEGAN.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- VERNET “CALLS A TURN.”
- CHAPTER IX.
- “A FALSE MOVE IN THE GAME.”
- CHAPTER X.
- “I AM YOUR SHADOW.”
- CHAPTER XI.
- “DEAR MRS FOLLINGSBEE.”
- CHAPTER XII.
- A “’MELLICAN LADY’S” LITTLE TRICK.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A CRY IN THE DARK.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- A PRETTY PLOT.
- CHAPTER XV.
- A COUNTERPLOT.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- A DETECTIVE TRAPPED.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- A PROMISE TO THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- VERNET DISCOMFITED.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
- CHAPTER XX.
- BETRAYED BY A PICTURE.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- A PROMISE TO THE DYING.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- A BUSINESS CALL.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- LESLIE’S STORY.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- VERNET ON THE TRAIL.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- WHO KILLED JOSEF SIEBEL.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- FRANZY FRANCOISE’S GALLANTRY.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- FRANZ FRANCOISE BELLIGERENT.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- IN DURANCE VILE.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- FRANZ FRANCOISE’S GENERALSHIP.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- FLAMES.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- “A BRAND FROM THE BURNING.”
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- IN THE CONSERVATORY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- FLINT TO STEEL.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- ALAN “EVOLVES” A PLAN OF ACTION.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- ALAN BEGINS HIS GAME.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- A VERY PATHETIC MUTE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- MR. GRIP FINDS A “SKELETON”.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- “WE TWO WILL MEET AGAIN.”
- CHAPTER XL.
- AN ARMISTICE.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- LESLIE GOES “HOME.”
- CHAPTER XLII.
- AN AFFECTIONATE FAMILY.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- THE PRODIGAL BECOMES OBSTINATE.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S VICTORY.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- A TRIP TO EUROPE.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- DR. BAYLESS
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- A PROMISE RETRACTED.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- A WELCOME PRESCRIPTION.
- CHAPTER L.
- MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S SOCIAL CALL.
- CHAPTER LI.
- VERNET AT HEADQUARTERS.
- CHAPTER LII.
- THE VERDICT OF AN EXPERT.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- JOHN AINSWORTH’S STORY.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- A CHIEF’S PERPLEXITIES.
- CHAPTER LV.
- THE LAST MOMENT.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- AT THE RIGHT TIME.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- WHAT HAPPENED AT WARBURTON PLACE.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- HOW STANHOPE CAME BACK.
- CHAPTER LIX.
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- A SLAVER’S ADVENTURES
- ON SEA AND LAND.
- THE BUSHRANGERS.
- A Yankee’s Adventures During His Second Visit to Australia.
- THE GOLD HUNTERS’ ADVENTURES;
- OR, WILD LIFE IN AUSTRALIA.
- A FASCINATING STORY OF ADVENTURE.
- A Whaleman’s Adventures
- AT SEA, IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA.
- Illustrated with Thirty-Six Fine Engravings.
- RUNNING THE BLOCKADE;
- OR, U. S. SECRET SERVICE ADVENTURES.
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- The Gold Hunters in Europe
- THE DEAD ALIVE.
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