Deep Lake Mystery

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Deep Lake Mystery (1928)
by Carolyn Wells
[New York: A L Burt Co., 1928] Sourced from Project Gutenberg. No records of the copyright renewal could be found at Stanford. A Keeley Moore detective story.

Who drove the nail into Sampson Tracy's head and then dressed him all up like a Christmas tree before diving out of the window? Was it his friend, his butler, his fiancée, his niece, or his secretary?

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DEEP LAKE
MYSTERY

By
CAROLYN WELLS

Author of
“The Crime in the Crypt,” “All At Sea,” “Anything But the Truth,”
“The Bronze Hand,” “The Daughter of the House,” “Face
Cards,” “Feathers Left Around,” “The Fourteenth Key,”
“The Furthest Fury,” “Prillilgirl,” “The Red-Haired
Girl,” “The Vanity Case,” “Where’s Emily,” etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

Printed in U. S. A.

COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS,
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.

TO
MY DEAR FRIEND

LUCY C. JOYCE

CONTENTS

  1. chapterpage
  2. I. “A Stately Pleasure Dome ...” 1
  3. II. The Girl in the Canoe 16
  4. III. The Tragedy 32
  5. IV. The Nail 48
  6. V. The Lady of the Lake 63
  7. VI. The Watch in the Water Pitcher 78
  8. VII. The Inquest 93
  9. VIII. Alma’s Statements 108
  10. IX. Clues 123
  11. X. Discussion 138
  12. XI. Evidence 153
  13. XII. My Secret 168
  14. XIII. As to Tuesday Afternoon 183
  15. XIV. Posy May 198
  16. XV. Jennie 213
  17. XVI. Whistling Reeds 228
  18. XVII. Ames Takes a Hand 244
  19. XVIII. All Right at Last 260
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1928, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


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