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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
At three in the afternoon on the first Thursday in…
CHAPTER TWO
I should start at the beginning.
CHAPTER THREE
That was Tuesday night. The following day Carolyn bought the…
CHAPTER FOUR
Chandler never mentioned a second meeting, I told Carolyn, and…
CHAPTER FIVE
We had a short wait on the platform at Whitham…
CHAPTER SIX
After dinner we drifted from room to room, getting our…
CHAPTER SEVEN
Our next stop was the library. I’d already seen a…
CHAPTER EIGHT
Let’s say you had this old tweed jacket.
CHAPTER NINE
The bookshelves in the Great Library of Cuttleford House extended…
CHAPTER TEN
I stayed where I was, under the watchful gaze of …
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The library, when I finally got to it, was dark.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Any number of things can set a person screaming. A…
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
What we needed to do, Nigel Eglantine insisted, was remain…
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Thinking back, I saw how close Carolyn had come to…
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“Someone set a trap,” I said. “That much is true.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
There were no screams or gasps in response to Nigel’s…
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“She was a good cook,” Cissy Eglantine said.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
“Jonathan Rathburn,” Nigel Eglantine said, and put the tips of…
CHAPTER NINTEEN
Dinner, it turned out, was the joint effort of Cissy…
CHAPTER TWENTY
“I’m not surprised,” I said. “I don’t really want to…
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
It was around seven in the morning when Carolyn Kaiser…
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
At least that’s how I figure it went.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
There was a sound that may have been Carolyn catching…
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
“You’re not a ghost,” she said. “At least I don’t…
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
They were all in the library.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
It was Earlene Cobbett, of course, and I’ll spare you…
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
“That’s it,” Littlefield said. “Lettice, grab your coat. We’re out…
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Four days later I was perched on a stool behind…
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
“She may not want to know,” Carolyn said, “but I…
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