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The Marathon Mystery (1904)
by Burton E. Stevenson
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Review in The Bookman, Dec. 1905: Mr. Stevenson's The Marathon Mystery is far and away a better story than his Holladay Case. With it the author has stepped at once to the front rank among American writers of detective tales. [...] In a general way The Marathon Mystery belongs to the type that Anna Katharine Green introduced to us ten or fifteen years ago with The Leavenworth Case and Behind Closed Doors. It is written or at least constructed backwards. The writer plans the last half dozen chapters of the book, mapping out the vital complications and every detail of what happened in the room in Chapter One or Two of the story. …

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The Marathon Mystery

A STORY OF MANHATTAN


BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON

AUTHOR OF "THE HOLLADAY CASK," "CADETS OF GASCONY," ETC.


With Five Scenes in Colour
By Eliot Keen



NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1904

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Copyright, 1904

by

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published October, 1904

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.

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CONTENTS


PART I

THE TRAGEDY IN SUITE FOURTEEN

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  2. I. A Call in the Night 3
  3. II. A Tangled Web 9
  4. III. Tricks of the Trade 17
  5. IV. The Janitor's Story 24
  6. V. Simmonds Snares a Bird 34
  7. VI. Light from a New Angle 41
  8. VII. A Glimpse at a Skeleton 51
  9. VIII. The Fog Thickens 60


PART II

CECILY

  1. 1. A Change of Lodgings77
  2. II. A Cry for Help 86
  3. III. A Break in a Circle 95
  4. IV. The Problem of the Diamond 102
  5. V. A Flash from the Depths 111
  6. VI. A Trap for Tremaine 119
  7. VII. Success and Failure 128


PART III

THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE

  1. I. The Delroys 139
  2. II. The Gauntlet 147
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  3. III. A Crossing of Swords 154
  4. IV. Cut and Thrust 163
  5. V. The Blow Falls 172
  6. VI. The Mystery at the Pier 182
  7. VII. A Tightening Coil 190
  8. VIII. The Hand of the Law 197


PART IV

DAWN

  1. I. A Thread Breaks 209
  2. II. Treasure Trove! 217
  3. III. A Study in Probabilities 225
  4. IV. Cecily Says Good-bye 238
  5. V. Counsel for the Defence 251
  6. VI. Innocent or Guilty? 260
  7. VII. The Key to the Mystery 269


PART V

DAY!

  1. I. What Happened in Suite Fourteen 279
  2. II. A Gathering of Threads 291
  3. III. Godfrey and I are "de Trop" 299
  4. IV. The Story of Monday Night 304
  5. V. A Horror in the Dark 313
  6. VI. Vengeance 319

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SCENES IN COLOUR

By ELIOT KEEN

  1. Outside the Marathon on the Night of the Storm Frontispiece
  2. In the Promenade de Luxe of the New York Theatre 77
  3. The Pier on Great South Bay in a Storm 139
  4. The Beach at Martinique at Sunset 209
  5. The River at Night 279

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