The D'Arblay mystery
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About This Book
When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly entertaining detective fiction reveals that the victim was murdered through a lethal injection and someone out there is trying to cover it up.
Chapters (20)
- The D’Arblay Mystery
- CHAPTER I. The Pool in the Wood
- CHAPTER II. A Conference with Dr. Thorndyke
- CHAPTER III. The Doctor’s Revelations
- CHAPTER IV. Mr. Bendelow
- CHAPTER V. Inspector Follett’s Discovery
- CHAPTER VI. Marion D’Arblay at Home
- CHAPTER VII. Enlarging Thorndyke’s Knowledge
- CHAPTER VIII. Simon Bendelow, Deceased
- CHAPTER IX. A Strange Misadventure
- CHAPTER X. Marion’s Peril
- CHAPTER XI. Arms and the Man
- CHAPTER XII. A Dramatic Discovery
- CHAPTER XIII. A Narrow Escape
- CHAPTER XIV. The Haunted Man
- CHAPTER XV. Thorndyke Proposes a New Move
- CHAPTER XVI. A Surprise for the Superintendent
- CHAPTER XVII. A Chapter of Surprises
- CHAPTER XVIII. The Last Act
- CHAPTER XIX. Thorndyke Disentangles the Threads
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