
Chapters (30)
- The Crime at Black Dudley
- CHAPTER I Candle-Light
- CHAPTER II The Ritual of the Dagger
- CHAPTER III In the Garage
- CHAPTER IV Murder
- CHAPTER V The Mask
- CHAPTER VI Mr Campion Brings the House Down
- CHAPTER VII Five o’clock in the Morning
- CHAPTER VIII Open Warfare
- CHAPTER IX Chris Kennedy Scores a Try Only
- CHAPTER X The Impetuous Mr Abbershaw
- CHAPTER XI One Explanation
- CHAPTER XII ‘Furthermore . . .’ said Mr Campion
- CHAPTER XIII Abbershaw Sees Red
- CHAPTER XIV Abbershaw Gets His Interview
- CHAPTER XV Doctor Abbershaw’s Deductions
- CHAPTER XVI The Militant Mrs Meade
- CHAPTER XVII In the Evening
- CHAPTER XVIII Mr Kennedy’s Council
- CHAPTER XIX Mr Campion’s Conjuring Trick
- CHAPTER XX The Round-Up
- CHAPTER XXI The Point of View of Benjamin Dawlish
- CHAPTER XXII The Darkest Hour
- CHAPTER XXIII An Error in Taste
- CHAPTER XXIV The Last of Black Dudley
- CHAPTER XXV Mr Watt Explains
- CHAPTER XXVI ‘Cherchez la Femme’
- CHAPTER XXVII A Journey by Night
- CHAPTER XXVIII Should a Doctor Tell?
- CHAPTER XXIX The Last Chapter
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