The Last Stroke
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THE LAST STROKE
THE LAST STROKE
A DETECTIVE STORY
BY
LAWRENCE L. LYNCH
(E. MURDOCH VAN DEVENTER)
Author of "No Proof," "Moina," &c., &c.
LONDON:
WARD, LOCK & Co., LIMITED,
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.G.
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.
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Contents
CHAPTER I. | |
something wrong | 1 |
CHAPTER II. | |
found | 12 |
CHAPTER III. | |
nemesis | 28 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
ferrars | 39 |
CHAPTER V. | |
in consultation | 52 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
"which?" | 64 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
renunciation | 75 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
trickery | 90 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
a letter | 101 |
CHAPTER X. | |
this helps me | 117 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
details | 127 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
"ferriss-grant" | 135 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
the "lake county herald" | 148 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
a ghost | 157 |
CHAPTER XV. | |
rebellion | 175 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
"out of reach" | 185 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
ruth glidden | 196 |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
sudden flittings | 208 |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
through the mail | 221 |
CHAPTER XX. | |
a woman's heart | 237 |
CHAPTER XXI. | |
"quarrelsome harry" | 250 |
CHAPTER XXII. | |
in number nine | 269 |
CHAPTER XXIII. | |
two interviews | 279 |
CHAPTER XXIV. | |
mrs. gaston latham | 292 |
CHAPTER XXV. | |
the last stroke | 301 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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