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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Cleek, the Master Detective, by Thomas W. Hanshew, Illustrated by Gordon Grant
Title: Cleek, the Master Detective
Author: Thomas W. Hanshew
Release Date: March 6, 2009 [eBook #28264]
Language: English
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"OF A TRUTH YOU ARE A CHARMING FELLOW, MONSIEUR.... WHAT A PITY YOU SHOULD BE A POLICE SPY AND UPON SO HOPELESS A CASE"
CLEEK, THE MASTER DETECTIVE
BY
T. W. HANSHEW
Author of
"Cleek's Government Cases," "Cleek of Scotland Yard," "Fate and the Man," "The Riddle of the Night"
Illustrated by Gordon Grant
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1918
Copyright, 1918, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
TO
NEWMAN FLOWER
WITH THAT SORT OF ESTEEM A MAN HAS FOR A FRIEND
HE RESPECTS, AND THAT SORT OF LOVE HE
GIVES TO A COMRADE HE ADMIRES
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | The Affair of the Man Who Called himself Hamilton Cleek |
| II. | The Problem of the Red Crawl |
| III. | The Riddle of the Sacred Son |
| IV. | The Caliph's Daughter |
| V. | The Riddle of the Ninth Finger |
| VI. | The Wizard's Belt |
| VII. | The Riddle of the
5.28 |
| VIII. | The Lion's Smile |
| IX. | The Mystery of the Steel Room |
| X. | The Riddle of the Siva Stones |
| XI. | The Divided House |
| XII. | The Riddle of the Rainbow Pearl |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "Of a truth you are a charming fellow, monsieur.... What a pity you should be a police spy and upon so hopeless a case." | Frontis. |
| (See Chap. XII) | |
| Pulling their hair—rubbing their faces with a clean handkerchief in quest of any trace of "make-up" or disguise of any sort | Chap. I |
| Swinging the hammer, he struck at the nymph with a force that shattered the monstrous thing to atoms | Chap. VI |
| With that he stripped down the counterpane, lifted the water-jug from its washstand and emptied its contents over the mattresses | Chap. XI |