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Title: Cleek, the Master Detective

Author: Thomas W. Hanshew

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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

[Illustration: "OF A TRUTH YOU ARE A CHARMING FELLOW, MONSIEUR.... WHAT
A PITY YOU SHOULD BE A POLICE SPY AND UPON SO HOPELESS A CASE"]

Garden City New York
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