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Thomas W. Hanshew

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Title: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame

Author: Mary E. Hanshew
Thomas W. Hanshew

Illustrator: Walter De Maris

Release Date: November 29, 2005 [EBook #17180]

Language: English

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THE RIDDLE OF THE FROZEN FLAME

By MARY E. & THOMAS W. HANSHEW

<sc>Author of</sc> "Cleek, the Man of Forty Faces," "Cleek of Scotland
Yard," "Cleek's Government Cases," "The Riddle of the Night," "The Riddle
of the Purple Emperor."

1929

A.L. BURT COMPANY
New York
Published by arrangement with Doubleday, Page & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. The Law

II. The Frozen Flames

III. Sunshine and Shadow

IV. An Evil Genius

V. The Spectre at the Feast

VI. A Shot in the Dark

VII. The Watcher in the Shadow

VIII. The Victim

IX. The Second Victim

X. --And the Lady

XI. The Secret of the Flames

XII. "As a Thief in the Night--"

XIII. A Gruesome Discovery

XIV. The Spin of the Wheel

XV. A Startling Disclosure

XVI. Trapped!

XVII. In the Cell

XVIII. Possible Excitement

XIX. What Took Place at "The Pig and Whistle"

XX. At the Inquest

XXI. Questions--and Answers

XXII. A New Departure

XXIII. Prisoners

XXIV. In the Dark

XXV. The Web of Circumstance

XXVI. Justice--and Justification

XXVII. The Solving of the Riddle

XXVIII. "Toward Morning ..."

The Riddle of the Frozen Flame

CHAPTER I

THE LAW

Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before the
litter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face red
with anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached the
end of his te