The Templeton case
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About This Book
A dead body is found near the estuary of a river. Here the country detective works his way throught a maze of conflicting clues and captures the murderer whithout calling in Scotland Yard.The plot is distinctly original and is well handled. A classic worth rediscovering from the Golden Age of Detection.
Chapters (22)(click to expand)
- The Templeton Case
- CHAPTER I. Reginald Templeton Comes to Marsh Quay
- CHAPTER II. The Visit to the Opposite Shore
- CHAPTER III. A Terrible Discovery
- CHAPTER IV. What Canon Fittleworth Found on the “Firefly”
- CHAPTER V. Detective-Sergeant Colson Discovers Clues
- CHAPTER VI. Colson is Baffled
- CHAPTER VII. The Inquest
- CHAPTER VIII. Winnie Cotterill Pays a Visit to Frattenbury
- CHAPTER IX. The Cigar Band
- CHAPTER X. Harold Grayson is Detained
- CHAPTER XI. The Canon’s Cigars
- CHAPTER XII. Fresh Evidence
- CHAPTER XIII. Isaac Moss Explains
- CHAPTER XIV. Reginald Templeton’s Letter
- CHAPTER XV. Detective-Sergeant Colson’s Deductions
- CHAPTER XVI. Mr. Proctor Upsets Matters
- CHAPTER XVII. New Theories
- CHAPTER XVIII. Sir James Perrivale’s Story
- CHAPTER XIX. Colson Makes an Appointment
- CHAPTER XX. Colson’s “Imagination”
- CHAPTER XXI. Final Solution of the Problem
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