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The Black House in Harley Street

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The Black House in Harley Street (1928)
by Joseph Smith Fletcher
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THE BLACK HOUSE IN HARLEY STREET

THE BLACK HOUSE
IN HARLEY STREET

BY

J. S. FLETCHER

Logo of 'The Crime Club Inc' taken from 'The Black House in Harley Street' by Joseph Smith Fletcher published in 1928
Logo of 'The Crime Club Inc' taken from 'The Black House in Harley Street' by Joseph Smith Fletcher published in 1928

PUBLISHED FOR

THE CRIME CLUB, INC.
BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
1928

COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN
& COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

FIRST EDITION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ON EPSOM DOWNS 1
II. FORTUNE'S WILD WHEEL 17
III. THE HOUSE IN HARLEY STREET 35
IV. MAISIE'S PASS-BOOK 52
V. THE COUNTESS OF MAXTON'S DIAMONDS 69
VI. LOOKING INTO THE UNSEEN 85
VII. MR. SERVICE SPEAKS 102
VIII. THE VAN MILDART WAY 119
IX. KIDNAPPED 135
X. HELD FOR RANSOM 152
XI. MISS LAMOTTE 168
XII. THE BRASS SWITCH 185
XIII. THE HOLOCAUST 200
XIV. THE FOX-HUNT BEGINS 216
XV. GONE AWAY! 235
XVI. THE SPARROW-HAWK 246
XVII. THE FOX SHOWS HIS TEETH 257
XVIII. THE BLESSINGS OF SCIENCE 268

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.


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