CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Summoned
1 The headless boy
An adventurous turn of mind
2 Reading the blood
Highly commended
3 The Yarra baby killer
He runs the thief and forger down
4 The sleeping man
A royal shadow
5 The schoolgirl murder
The causa causans
6 The Yarra mystery
Bertha Coughlan
The honeymoon detective
7 The tragedy of the skull
Unfathomable
8 The Caulfield outrage
Missing
Gun Alley recalled
Who killed Irene Tuckerman?
Strolling thoughtfully
9 ‘Father’
A sojourn in hell
When the inevitable happens
Acknowledgements
Sources
Notes