[Gutenberg 22820] • The Crooked House

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A STRANGE RIDDLE 9

II THE CROOKED HOUSE 19

III THE ENDLESS GARDEN 33

IV DESTRUCTION 45

V COPPLESTONE 53

VI THE TRAIL OF CORPSES 65

VII TRANTER 71

VIII MRS. ASTLEY-ROLFE 80

IX THE DANSEUSE 83

X MR. GLUCKSTEIN 85

XI THE CLERGYMAN 87

XII MR. BOLSOVER 89

XIII THE TRINITY OF DEATH 92

XIV WITHOUT TRACE 105

XV A BUILDER OF MEN 117

XVI A TRIPLE ALLIANCE 133

XVII MR. GLUCKSTEIN IN CONFIDENCE 142

XVIII THE WIT OF THE PINK LADY 151

XIX DETAINED ON SUSPICION 159

XX THE BIRTH OF THE KILLER 176

XXI A HASTY FLIGHT 187

XXII TRANTER ATTACKS THE CROOKED HOUSE 195

XXIII A DUEL 203

XXIV THE SECRET OF THE HOUSE 220

XXV TRUER COLORS 233

XXVI PROVIDING FOR THE WORST 241

XXVII THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TRANTER 250

XXVIII IN PURSUIT 259

XXIX ETHICS OF KILLING 262

XXX MONSIEUR DUPONT'S TASK 273

XXXI WHAT THEY HEARD 279

XXXII THE BEAUTY-KILLER 288

XXXIII LAST TRUTHS 291

XXXIV CONCLUSION 312