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Table of Contents

Dedication

The Evidence

Snow Upon the Rails

The Mystery of the Two Keys

The Lost Two Hours

Lights in a Darkened Room

The Money Trap

Strangers in a Car

The Enigma of Change

Sad Story of the Death of Kings

Dreadful is the Checking

Presumed Guilty

Questions, Questions

The Death Club

The Riddle of the Hands

Half Answers

A Detective Inspector Calls

The Temple of Wonders

Into the Cabinets of Death

The Alleged Safeguard

The Journeying Boat

Engine of Destruction

A Parity of Arms

The Story of DI Spoder (ret’d)

The False Inspector Harsent

The Concatenated Man

Todd’s Last Case

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