Contents
Chapter | Page | |
Characters of the Book | ix | |
I. | A Double Tragedy | 1 |
II. | The Investigation Opens | 12 |
III. | At the Greene Mansion | 28 |
IV. | The Missing Revolver | 44 |
V. | Homicidal Possibilities | 60 |
VI. | An Accusation | 73 |
VII. | Vance Argues the Case | 87 |
VIII. | The Second Tragedy | 101 |
IX. | The Three Bullets | 116 |
X. | The Closing of a Door | 129 |
XI. | A Painful Interview | 143 |
XII. | A Motor Ride | 158 |
XIII. | The Third Tragedy | 174 |
XIV. | Footprints on the Carpet | 189 |
XV. | The Murderer in the House | 204 |
XVI. | The Lost Poisons | 218 |
XVII. | Two Wills | 231 |
XVIII. | In the Locked Library | 243 |
XIX. | Sherry and Paralysis | 257 |
XX. | The Fourth Tragedy | 269 |
XXI. | A Depleted Household | 283 |