The Lone Wolf Returns
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About This Book
Louis Joseph Vance was an early 20th century American novelist. "Michael Lanyard," also known as "The Lone Wolf" was featured in eight books and 24 films between 1917 and 1949, and also appeared in radio and television series. Michael Lanyard was a jewel thief who became a private detective. The story opens at an obscure location in Paris. There is a restaurant with many bedchambers on the upper floors. A young boy arrives at the age of 4. His memory of this time is dulled but he remembers being alone and not much else. This is the introduction of the Lone Wolf to the reader.
Chapters (74)
- THE LONE WOLF RETURNS
- AUTHOR OF ALIAS THE LONE WOLF, THE DARK MIRROR, Etc.
- BILLIE DOVE AS EVE DE MONTALAIS AND BERT LYTELL AS THE LONE WOLF.
- The Lone Wolf Returns
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- THE LONE WOLF PLAYS A PRACTICAL JOKE ON PURSUING DETECTIVES.
- V
- VI
- AN UNINVITED GUEST AT THE BAL MASQUE, THE LONE WOLF BRAVES THE SCRUTINY OF THE DETECTIVES.
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- EVE BRIDGES A DIFFICULT SITUATION BY INTRODUCING LANYARD AS "MY FRIEND MR. ANTHONY."
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- A DIABOLICAL SHADOW HERALDS THE APPROACH OF MORPHEW, KING OF LOOT.
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- LANYARD WALKS COMPLACENTLY FROM UNDER THE VERY NOSE OF THE POLICE.
- XVIII
- XIX
- DETECTIVE CRANE OBEYING THE INSTINCT OF PROFESSION, AT THE SAME TIME ADMIRES THE FASCINATING CROOK, MICHAEL LANYARD.
- XX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- CRANE LEARNS THAT HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE LONE WOLF'S CAPACITY FOR REGENERATION HAS NOT BEEN MISPLACED.
- XXIV
- XXV
- XXVI
- THE END
- EDGAR RICE BURROUGH'S NOVELS
- JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S STORIES OF ADVENTURE
- ZANE GREY'S NOVELS
- ZANE GREY'S BOOKS FOR BOYS
- B. M. BOWER'S NOVELS
- EMERSON HOUGH'S NOVELS
- GEORGE W. OGDEN'S WESTERN NOVELS
- THE BARON OF DIAMOND TAIL
- THE BONDBOY
- CLAIM NUMBER ONE
- THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE
- THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEK
- THE LAND OF LAST CHANCE
- TRAIL'S END
- PETER B. KYNE'S NOVELS
- THE ENCHANTED HILL
- NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
- CAPPY RICKS RETIRES
- THE PRIDE OF PALOMAR
- KINDRED OF THE DUST
- THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS
- CAPPY RICKS
- WEBSTER: MAN'S MAN
- CAPTAIN SCRAGGS
- THE LONG CHANCE
- JACKSON GREGORY'S NOVELS
- DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
- TIMBER-WOLF
- THE EVERLASTING WHISPER
- DESERT VALLEY
- MAN TO MAN
- THE BELLS OF SAN JUAN
- JUDITH OF BLUE LAKE RANCH
- THE SHORT CUT
- THE JOYOUS TROUBLE MAKER SIX FEET FOUR
- WOLF BREED
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