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Postmaster's Daughter |
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![]() A charming mystery story set in the early 1900s which is as much about the townspeople, sleuths and other colorful characters as it is about the murder. Filled with comic antics of Scotland Yard fellows, local police, and residents of the town, keeps the murder ever elusive. The "whodunit" is maintained until the very end and the laughter keeps going even after the mystery is solved. First Page:THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTERby Louis Tracy Author of "The Terms of Surrender," "The Wings of the Morning," etc., etc. 1916 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW II. P. C ROBINSON "TAKES A LINE" III. THE GATHERING CLOUDS IV. A CABAL V. THE SEEDS OF MISCHIEF VI. SCOTLAND YARD TAKES A HAND VII. "ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS" VIII. AN INTERRUPTED SYMPOSIUM IX. HE WHOM THE CAP FITS X. THE CASE AGAINST GRANT XI. P. C. ROBINSON TAKES ANOTHER LINE XII. WHEREIN WINTER GETS TO WORK XIII. CONCERNING THEODORE SIDDLE XIV. ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER XV. A MATTER OF HEREDITY XVI. FURNEAUX MAKES A SUCCESSFUL BID XVII. AN OFFICIAL HOUSEBREAKER XVIII. THE TRUTH AT LAST CHAPTER I THE FACE AT THE WINDOW John Menzies Grant, having breakfasted, filled his pipe, lit it, and strolled out bare headed into the garden. The month was June, that glorious rose month which gladdened England before war clouds darkened the summer sky. As the hour was nine o'clock, it is highly probable that many thousands of men were then strolling out into many thousands of gardens in precisely similar conditions; but, given youth, good health, leisure, and a fair amount of money, it is even more probable that few among the smaller number thus roundly favored by fortune looked so perplexed as Grant... Continue reading book >> |
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