Murder by the clock
by Rufus King
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About This Book
Lieutenant Valcour in his best-known case must solve the murder of a man who was murdered twice. At 8:34 P.M. the body is discovered by police. By midnight the corpse had been revived by the injection of adrenalin into the heart. By one o'clock he had been murdered again. 20TH Century Crime and Mystery Writers says, ". provides, typically for the period, many suspects and false trails. It has, moreover, a very nice twist at the end, the kind that makes one sorry the story must finish." In 1931 Paramount Studios produced the movie of the same name that was directed by Edward Sloman with the scr...
Chapters (32)(click to expand)
- Murder by the Clock
- Chapter I. 8:37 p. m.—Spring 3100
- Chapter II. 9:24 p. m.—Hall Marks of Murder
- Chapter III. 9:45 p. m.—Guards Are Stationed at the Doors
- Chapter IV. 10:02 p. m.—Pale Flares the Darkness
- Chapter V. 10:17 p. m.—Living or Dead?
- Chapter VI. 10:32 p. m.—Pictures in Dust
- Chapter VII. 11:01 p. m.—Banked Fires
- Chapter VIII. 11:28 p. m.—Mrs. Endicott Screams
- Chapter IX. 11:55 p. m.—Queer Deeps
- Chapter X. 12:06 a. m.—The Stillness of a Grave
- Chapter XI. 12:15 a. m.—To Watch by Night
- Chapter XII. 12:30 a. m.—Madame Velasquez Stirs up Muck
- Chapter XIII. 2:01 a. m.—Glittering Eyes
- Chapter XIV. 2:01 a. m.—An Empty Sheath
- Chapter XV. 2:13 a. m.—The Thin Steel Blade
- Chapter XVI. 2:13 a. m.—Time versus Death
- Chapter XVII. 2:40 a. m.—The Angle of Death’s Path
- Chapter XVIII. 3:00 a. m.—Thin Haze of Dread
- Chapter XIX. 3:15 a. m.—The Properties of Horror
- Chapter XX. 3:24 a. m.—On Private Heights
- Chapter XXI. 3:51 a. m.—A Woman’s Slipper
- Chapter XXII. 4:14 a. m.—Tap—Tap—Tap
- Chapter XXIII. 4:29 a. m.—A Turn of the Screw
- Chapter XXIV. 4:41 a. m.—As the Colours of Dawn
- Chapter XXV. 5:01 a. m.—Lunatic Vistas
- Chapter XXVI. 5:25 a. m.—There Was a Sailor
- Chapter XXVII. 5:46 a. m.—Mrs. Endicott Cannot Be Found
- Chapter XXVIII. 6:00 a. m.—Mist Drifting Through Mist
- Chapter XXIX. 6:30 a. m.—As Is Mirage
- Chapter XXX. 7:11 a. m.—The Criminal and Weapon of the Crime
- Chapter XXXI. 8:37 p. m.—Five Years Later
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