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The Twenty-Six Clues

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The Twenty-Six Clues (1919)
by Isabel Ostrander
Edition: New York, W. J. Watt & Company, 1919. A Timothy McCarty / Denny Riordan mystery story.

There have been a number of recent detective stories by her showing range as well as quality. "The Twenty-Six Clues" concerns another of those city mysteries which seem to be rather challenging the favorite old tragedy of the lonely country house or the unguarded by-road. ... Extract from the review in The Bookman, 1919 May. Full review on the discussion page

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THE
TWENTY-SIX CLUES

BY
ISABEL OSTRANDER
AUTHOR OF
"The Clue in the Air," "At 1:30," etc.

New York

W. J. Watt & Company

publishers

Copyright, 19I9, by
W. J. Watt & Company


Other Detective Stories

BY

ISABEL OSTRANDER



  • "AT 1:30"
  • "THE HERITAGE OF CAIN"
  • "THE CREVICE"
(In collaboration with detective
William J. Burns)
  • "THE CLUE IN THE AIR"

PRESS OF
BRAUNSWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

  1. chapterpage
  2. I. In the Crime Museum 1
  3. II. Two Strands of Black Hair 12
  4. III. Margot 24
  5. IV. The Other House 38
  6. V. Dennis Scores 51
  7. VI. The Cake Marked "Noel" 62
  8. VII. The Three Warnings 75
  9. VIII. The Return of Joan Norwod 85
  10. IX. The Second Glove 97
  11. X. In the Dark 109
  12. XI. The Writing on the Wall 120
  13. XII. "Back from the Dead" 134
  14. XIII. The Black Wallet 145
  15. XIV. The Twenty-sixth of May 157
  16. XV. A Lone Hand 169
  17. XVI. "It Was Not My Doing" 181
  18. XVII. One Word 193
  19. XVIII. Greeks Meet 204
  20. XIX. The Second Shot 215
  21. XX. From Out the Past 228
  22. XXI. Signed, "Victor Marchal" 243
  23. XXII. McCarty's Séance 254
  24. XXIII. The Betraying Voice 263
  25. XXIV. The Twenty-six Clues 272

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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