Helen Vardon's confession
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About This Book
Dr. Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 – 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Roberts said that this invention was Freeman's most noticeable contribution to detective Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels....
Chapters (35)
- HELEN VARDON’S CONFESSION
- Prologue
- BOOK I—TRAGEDY
- Chapter I. The Crack of Doom
- Chapter II. Atra Cura
- Chapter III. The Covenant
- Chapter IV. The Eleventh Hour
- Chapter V. On the Brink
- Chapter VI. A Meeting and a Parting
- Chapter VII. The Terms of Release
- Chapter VIII. “Whom God Hath Joined——”
- Chapter IX. Testimony and Counsel
- Chapter X. The Turning of the Page
- BOOK II—ROMANCE
- Chapter XI. A Harbour of Refuge
- Chapter XII. The Hidden Hand
- Chapter XIII. A Crystal-Gazer and Other Matters
- Chapter XIV. Jasper Davenant
- Chapter XV. The Magic Pendulum
- Chapter XVI. The Sweated Artist
- Chapter XVII. The Apotheosis of the Titmouse
- Chapter XVIII. Among the Breakers
- Chapter XIX. Illusions and Disillusions
- Chapter XX. Cloud and Sunshine
- Chapter XXI. A Dreadful Inheritance
- Chapter XXII. The Catastrophe
- BOOK III—CRIME
- Chapter XXIII. The Dead Hand
- Chapter XXIV. The Gathering Clouds
- Chapter XXV. Suspense: and a Discovery
- Chapter XXVI. The Adjourned Inquiry
- Chapter XXVII. The Indictment
- Chapter XXVIII. The Verdict
- Epilogue
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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