The Diamond Cross Mystery

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The Diamond Cross Mystery

The Diamond Cross Mystery PDF Author: K. Chester Steele
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The Diamond Cross Mystery

The Diamond Cross Mystery PDF Author: Chester K. Steele
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"[...] CHAPTER I THE TICKING WATCH There was only one sound which broke the intense stillness of the jewelry shop on that fateful April morning. That sound was the ticking of the watch in the hand of the dead woman. Outside, the rain was falling. Not a heavy downpour which splashed cheerfully on umbrellas and formed swollen streams in the gutters, whence they rushed toward the sewer basins, carrying with them an accumulation of sticks, leaves and dirt. Not a windy, gusty rain, that made a man glad to get indoors near a genial fire, with his pipe and a book.[...]".

The Diamond Cross Mystery

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The Diamond Cross Mystery

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Book Excerpt: , shiny, drizzle-swept street."Only Sallie Page, the cook. I'll call her. There's Mrs. Darcy's maid--Jane Metson. But she went away yesterday afternoon and won't be back until about noon. It's past time Sallie was down to get breakfast. I'll call her--"Darcy made a move as though to go to the rear of the store, whence a side door gave entrance to the stairs leading to the rooms above."I'll go with you," said Mulligan, and he shoved himself to an erect posture by forcing his elbows against the showcase on which he had been leaning in a manner to give himself as much rest as possible without sitting down--it was a way he had, acquired from long patrolling of city streets."You--you'll go with me?" faltered Darcy."Yes, to call the cook. She won't run away," and he nodded toward the dead woman."Oh!" There was a world of meaning in Darcy's interjection. "You mean that I--""I don't mean nothin'!" broke in Mulligan. "I leave that to the gum-shoe men. CoRead More

The Diamond Cross Mystery

The Diamond Cross Mystery PDF Author: Chester K. Steele
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The Diamond Cross Mystery Chester K. Steele Here is something positively new in the line of mystery stories. Colonel Ashley, a military man turned detective, is a character that once known is never to be forgotten. The plot hinges on a murder and the mysterious disappearance of a cross of diamonds, and suspicion points to the lover of one of the sweetest girls ever introduced in fiction. And then--and this is unusual in a detective story--there is some real humor, the trail of Spotty, who was willing to confess to anything . We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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The Diamond Cross Mystery: Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story, Etc

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The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story

The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story PDF Author: Chester K. Steele
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This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Diamond Cross Mystery: Being a Chapter from the Life of Colonel Ashley, Investigator

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The Diamond Cross

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"Here is something positively new in the line of mystery stories. Colonel Ashley, a military man turned detective, is a character that once known is never to be forgotten. The plot hinges on a murder and the mysterious disappearance of a cross of diamonds, and suspicion points to the lover of one of the sweetest girls ever introduced in fiction. And then--and this is unusual in a detective story--there is some real humor, the trail of Spotty, who was willing to confess to anything." -Publishers Weekly