The mystery of the Peacock's Eye
by Brian Flynn
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About This Book
“Anonymity is such a terribly strong position in which to entrench one’s self. To you I am Sheila Delaney – to me you are – an unknown quantity.”At the Hunt Ball in Westhampton, Sheila Delaney dances the night away with a stranger – a man who wanted only to be known as Mr X. At the end of the evening, he departs as mysteriously as he appeared.Months later, private investigator Anthony Bathurst is approached by the Crown Prince of Clorania over a nasty blackmail case.At the same time a sea-side dentist finds that the girl he was treating has been found dead, apparently injected with cyanide.The...
Chapters (28)
- The Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye
- CHAPTER I. The Hunt Ball at Westhampton
- CHAPTER II. Mr. Bathurst Receives a Distinguished Visitor
- CHAPTER III. Chief-Inspector Bannister Gets a “Busman’s Holiday”
- CHAPTER IV. A Case of Identity
- CHAPTER V. John Martin’s Evidence
- CHAPTER VI. Mr. Bathurst Changes His Destination
- CHAPTER VII. Gentlemen and Players
- CHAPTER VIII. Daphne Draws Up the Blinds
- CHAPTER IX. Mr. Bathurst Looks at a Pair of Shoes—and a Luggage-Wagon
- CHAPTER X. A Room Is Ransacked at “Rest Harrow”
- CHAPTER XI. A Newspaper and a Second Suit-Case
- CHAPTER XII. Mr. Bathurst Listens to a Little Local Gossip
- CHAPTER XIII. Re-enter Mr. X
- CHAPTER XIV. The Peacock’s Eye
- CHAPTER XV. Alan Warburton Leads Trumps
- CHAPTER XVI. Of Which Mr. Bathurst Holds the Ace
- CHAPTER XVII. Bannister Strikes the Trail
- CHAPTER XVIII. That Leads Round the Mulberry-Bush
- CHAPTER XIX. Ronald Branston’s Story
- CHAPTER XX. “Findings—Keepings”
- CHAPTER XXI. The Lord Lieutenant Goes Back a Few Years
- CHAPTER XXII. Gallant Mr. Bathurst
- CHAPTER XXIII. Mr. Bathurst Forgets His Change
- CHAPTER XXIV. What Did Mr. Bathurst Whisper?
- CHAPTER XXV. Mr. Bathurst’s Patience Is Rewarded
- CHAPTER XXVI. Rendezvous
- CHAPTER XXVII. Sir Austin Kemble Removes His Hat
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