The Mystery of the Secret Band
by Edith Lavell
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About This Book
Teenage detective Mary Louise Gay has cracked a few cases on her own, and her father -- a skilled detective himself -- has recognized her innate investigative talents. When he asks Mary Louise to help him get to the bottom of a series of thefts at a hotel, she jumps at the chance.
Chapters (19)
- The Mystery of the Secret Band
- CHAPTER I A Real Detective
- CHAPTER II The Job
- CHAPTER III The Book Club
- CHAPTER IV A Midnight Visitor
- CHAPTER V Another Robbery
- CHAPTER VI Saturday Afternoon
- CHAPTER VII The Abandoned House
- CHAPTER VIII Knocked Out
- CHAPTER IX Lunch at the Bellevue
- CHAPTER X In the Dead of Night
- CHAPTER XI Bail
- CHAPTER XII Detective Gay Arrives
- CHAPTER XIII A Prisoner in the Dark
- CHAPTER XIV The Secret Band
- CHAPTER XV Christmas Morning
- CHAPTER XVI Two Captures
- CHAPTER XVII A Sad Story
- CHAPTER XVIII Conclusion
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