Length8h 5m
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Excerpt: "There may be folk in the world to whom the finding of a dead man, lying grim and stark by the roadside, with the blood freshly run from it and making ugly patches of crimson on the grass and the gravel, would be an ordinary thing; but to me that had never seen blood let in violence, except in such matters as a bout of fisticuffs at school, it was the biggest thing that had ever happened, and I stood staring down at the white face as if I should never look at anything else as long as I lived. I remember all about that scene and that moment as freshly now as if the affair had happened last night. The dead man lying in the crushed grass--his arms thrown out helplessly on either side of him..."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 17, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I: THE ONE-EYED MAN
3CHAPTER II: THE MIDNIGHT MISSION
4CHAPTER III: THE RED STAIN
5CHAPTER IV: THE MURDERED MAN
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6CHAPTER V: THE BRASS-BOUND CHEST
7CHAPTER VI: MR. JOHN PHILLIPS
8CHAPTER VII: THE INQUEST ON JOHN PHILLIPS
9CHAPTER VIII: THE PARISH REGISTERS
10CHAPTER IX: THE MARINE-STORE DEALER
11CHAPTER X: THE OTHER WITNESS
12CHAPTER XI: SIGNATURES TO THE WILL
13CHAPTER XII: THE SALMON GAFF
14CHAPTER XIII: SIR GILBERT CARSTAIRS
15CHAPTER XIV: DEAD MAN'S MONEY
16CHAPTER XV: FIVE HUNDRED A YEAR
17CHAPTER XVI: THE MAN IN THE CELL
18CHAPTER XVII: THE IRISH HOUSEKEEPER
19CHAPTER XVIII: THE ICE AX
20CHAPTER XIX: MY TURN
21CHAPTER XX: THE SAMARITAN SKIPPER
22CHAPTER XXI: MR. GAVIN SMEATON
23CHAPTER XXII: I READ MY OWN OBITUARY
24CHAPTER XXIII: FAMILY HISTORY
25CHAPTER XXIV: THE SUIT OF CLOTHES
26CHAPTER XXV: THE SECOND DISAPPEARANCE
27CHAPTER XXVI: MRS. RALSTON OF CRAIG
28CHAPTER XXVII: THE BANK BALANCE
29CHAPTER XXVIII: THE HATHERCLEUGH BUTLER
30CHAPTER XXIX: ALL IN ORDER
31CHAPTER XXX: THE CARSTAIRS MOTTO
32CHAPTER XXXI: NO TRACE
33CHAPTER XXXII: THE LINK
34CHAPTER XXXIII: THE OLD TOWER
35CHAPTER XXXIV: THE BARGAIN
36CHAPTER XXXV: THE SWAG
37CHAPTER XXXVI: GOLD
38CHAPTER XXXVII: THE DARK POOL
