6Introduction: MEET DR. THORNDYKE
308I. The Letter
7My Learned Brother
309II. Alarums and Excursions
8The Suspect
310III. In the Midst of Life
9A Lady in the Case
311IV. The Shadow of the Gallows
10Confidences
312V. Black Magic
11The 'Thumbograph'
313VI. Two Inquests
12Committed for Trial
314VII. Molly
13Shoals and Quicksands
315VIII. The Deserted Wife
14A Suspicious Accident
316IX. The Axe Falls
15The Prisoner
317X. Gaol
16Polton Is Mystified
318XI. The Last Straw
17The Ambush
319XII. Dr. Thorndyke
18It Might Have Been
320XIII. Prisoner at the Bar
19Murder by Post
321XIV. The Evidence for the Prosecution
20A Startling Discovery
322XV. The Witnesses for the Defence
21The Finger-Print Experts
323XVI. Thorndyke's Address to the Jury
22Thorndyke Plays His Card
324XVII. The Verdict
23At Last
325Book 1
24The Vanishing Man
326I. A Gossipy Chapter in Which Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them
25The Eavesdropper
327II. Aladdin's Cave
26John Thorndyke
328III. Exit Mr. Penrose
27Legal Complications and a Jackal
329Book 2
28The Watercress-Bed
330IV. The Burglary at Queen Square
29Sidelights
331V. Mr. Brodnibb Propounds a Problem
30John Bellingham's Will
332VI. Thorndyke Examines the Relics
31A Museum Idyll
333VII. A Visit of Inspection
32The Sphinx of Lincoln's Inn
334VIII. Mr. Horridge
33The New Alliance
335IX. Thorndyke Tests a Theory
34The Evidence Reviewed
336X. Introduces Mr. Crabbe
35A Voyage of Discovery
337XI. Re-Enter Mr. Kickweed
36The Crowner's Quest
338XII. Mr. Elmhurst
37Which Carries the Reader Into the Probate Court
339XIII. The Track of the Fugitive
38Circumstantial Evidence
340XIV. Julliberie's Grave
39"O! Artemidorus, Farewell!"
341XV. What Befell at the Wool-Pack
40The Accusing Finger
342XVI. Mr. Kickweed Surprises the Coroner
41John Bellingham
343XVII. Thorndyke Retraces the Trail
42A Strange Symposium
344XVIII. The Opening of the Safe
43The End of the Case
345XIX. Thorndyke's Dilemma
44Preface
346XX. The Dilemma Resolved
45The Mysterious Patient
347XXI. Afterthoughts
46Thorndyke Devises a Scheme
348Part 1. The Gambler
47"A Chiel's Amang Ye Takin' Notes"
349I. The Man in the Porch
48The Official View
350II. John Gillum
49Jeffrey Blackmore's Will
351III. The Gaming House
50Jeffrey Blackmore, Deceased
352IV. Abel Webb, Deceased
51The Cuneiform Inscription
353V. Clifford's Inn
52The Track Chart
354VI. The Passing of John Gillum
53The House of Mystery
355VII. The Coroner's Inquest
54The Hunter Hunted
356Part 2. The Case of John Gillum, Deceased
55The Blackmore Case Reviewed
357VIII. Is There a Case?
56The Portrait
358IX. The Empty Nest
57The Statement of Samuel Wilkins
359X. Mr. Weech Disapproves
58Thorndyke Lays the Mine
360XI. A Fresh Puzzle
59Thorndyke Explodes the Mine
361XII. The Pursuit of Dr. Peck
60An Exposition and a Tragedy
362XIII. Dr. Augustus Peck
61I. The Beginning of the Mystery
363XIV. Further Explorations
62II. The Finding of the Reliquary
364XV. Sermons in Dust
63III. "Who Is Sylvia?"
365XVI. The Disclosure
64IV. Septimus Maddock, Deceased
366XVII. A Symposium
65V. The Lethal Chamber
367XVIII. Circumstantial Evidence
66VI. A Council of War
368XIX. Re-Enter Mr. Snuper
67VII. An Unseen Enemy
369XX. Epilogue
68VIII. It's an Ill Wind—
370Book 1
69IX. Thorndyke Takes Up the Scent
371I. Hue and Cry
70X. The Unheeded Warning
372II. The Inquiry
71XI. A Chapter of Accidents
373III. Peter Gannet
72XII. Miss Vyne
374IV. Dr. Thorndyke Takes a Hand
73XIII. A Mysterious Stranger
375V. A True Bill
74XIV. A Lonely Woman
376VI. Shadows in the Studio
75XV. Exit Dr. Jardine
377VII. Mrs. Gannet Brings Strange Tidings
76XVI. Enter Father Humperdinck
378VIII. Dr. Oldfield Makes Surprising Discoveries
77XVII. The Palimpsest
379IX. Inspector Blandy Investigates
78XVIII. A Visitor From the States
380X. Inspector Blandy Is Inquisitive
79XIX. Tenebrae
381XI. Mr. Bunderby Expounds
80XX. The Hue and Cry
382XII. A Symposium
81XXI. The Final Problem
383XIII. The Inquiry
82XXII. Thorndyke Reviews the Case
384Book 2
83Prologue
385XIV. Dr. Jervis Is Puzzled
84Book 1. Tragedy
386XV. Amodernist Collector
85I. The Crack of Doom
387XVI. At the Museum
86II. Astra Cura
388XVII. Mr. Snuper
87III. The Covenant
389XVIII. Mr. Newman
88IV. The Eleventh Hour
390XIX. The Monkey Reveals His Secret
89V. On the Brink
391XX. thorndyke Reviews the Evidence
90VI. A Meeting and a Parting
392Introductory Observations by Mr. Polton
91VII. The Terms of Release
393Part 1. The Antecedents
92VIII. "Whom God Hath Joined—"
394I. The Young Horologist
93IX. Testimony and Counsel
395II. The Pickpocket's Leavings
94X. The Turning of the Page
396III. Out of the Nest
95Book 2. Romance
397IV. The Innocent Accessory
96XI. A Harbour of Refuge
398V. Mr. Parrish
97XII. The Hidden Hand
399VI. Fickle Fortune
98XIII. A Crystal-Gazer and Other Matters
400VII. Introduces a Key and a Calendar
99XIV. Jasper Davenant
401VIII. Mr. Parrish Remembers
100XV. The Magic Pendulum
402IX. Storm and Sunshine
101XVI. The Sweated Artist
403Part 2. The Case of Moxdale Deceased
102XVII. The Apotheosis of the Titmouse
404X. Fire
103XVIII. Among the Breakers
405XI. The Ruins
104XIX. Illusions and Disillusion
406XII. Light on the Mystery
105XX. Cloud and Sunshine
407XIII. The Facts and the Verdict
106XXI. A Dreadful Inheritance
408XIV. A Visit From Inspector Blandy
107XXII. The Catastrophe
409XV. Polton on the War Path
108Book 3. Crime
410XVI. Polton Astonishes the Inspector
109XXIII. The Dead Hand
411XVII. Further Surprises
110XXIV. The Gathering Clouds
412XVIII. Thorndyke Administers a Shock
111XXV. Suspense: And a Discovery
413XIX. The Evidence Reviewed
112XXVI. The Adjourned Inquiry
414Part 1. A Plot in the Making
113XXVII. The Indictment
415I. The Eavesdropper
114XXVIII. The Verdict
416II. Mr. Blandy
115Epilogue
417III. Mrs. Schiller
116Preface
418IV. Mr. Vanderpuye
117I. In the Midst of Life
419V. A Trivial Chapter, but Not Irrelevant
118II. Sir Lawrence Declares a Vendetta
420VI. The Forest of Essex
119III. Thorndyke Takes Up the Inquiry
421VII. Of a Pedometer and a Tragedy
120IV. The Lady of Shalott
422VIII. Revelations
121V. Mr Halliburton's Mascot
423IX. Where Is Lotta?
122VI. Introduces an Ant-Eater and a Detective
424X. The Camp Revisited
123VII. The Vanished Heirloom
425Part 2. The Unknown Factor
124VIII. A Jacobite Romance
426XI. Mr. Penfield Opens the Ball
125IX. Exit Moakey
427XII. Tom Pedley Receives Visitors
126X. A Timely Warning
428XIII. Thorndyke Becomes Secretive
127XI. The Blue Hair
429XIV. The Probate Court
128XII. From the Jaws of Death
430XV. Mr. Lorimer Objects
129XIII. Thorndyke States His Position
431XVI. Superintendent Miller Intervenes
130XIV. Beauchamp Blake
432XVII. Observations on the Art of Disguise
131XV. The Squire and the Sleuth-Hound
433XVIII. The Investigation Reviewed
132XVI. Mr Brodribb's Embassy
434PERCIVAL BLAND’S PROXY
133XVII. The Secret Chamber
435THE MISSING MORTGAGEE
134XVIII. The Cat's Eye
436DR. THORNDYKE’S CASES
135XIX. A Relic of the '45
437The Man With the Nailed Shoes
136XX. Qed
438The Stranger's Latchkey
137I. The Doper's Wife
439The Anthropologist at Large
138II. Re-Enter “Mr. Johnson”
440The Blue Sequin
139III. Angelina Frood
441The Moabite Cipher
140IV. Deals With Charity and Archaeology
442The Mandarin's Pearl
141V. John Thorndyke
443The Aluminium Dagger
142VI. The Shadows Deepen
444A Message From the Deep Sea
143VII. Mrs. Gillow Sounds the Alarm
445THE ADVENTURES OF DR. THORNDYKE
144VIII. Sergeant Cobbledick Takes a Hand
446The Case of Oscar Brodski
145IX. Jetsam
447A Case of Premeditation
146X. Which Deals With Ancient Monuments and a Blue Boar
448The Echo of a Mutiny
147XI. The Man With the Mole
449A Wastrel's Romance
148XII. The Prints of a Vanished Hand
450The Old Lag
149XIII. The Discovery in Black Boy-Lane
451DR. THORNDYKE’S CASEBOOK
150XIV. Sergeant Cobbledick Is Enlightened
452The Case of the White Footprints
151XV. The End of the Trail
453The Blue Scarab
152XVI. The Inquiry and a Surprise
454The New Jersey Sphinx
153XVII. Thorndyke Puts Down His Piece
455The Touchstone
154XVIII. The Uncontrite Penitent
456A Fisher of Men
155XIX. Explanations
457The Stolen Ingots
156I. In Which Two Men Go Forth and One Arrives
458The Funeral Pyre
157II. In Which Margaret Purcell Receives a Letter
459THE PUZZLE LOCK
158III. In Which Margaret Purcell Consults Mr. Penfield
460The Puzzle Lock
159IV. In Which Margaret Confers With Dr. Thorndyke
461The Green Check Jacket
160V. In Which Thorndyke Makes a Few Inquiries
462The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar
161VI. In Which Mr. Varney Prepares a Deception
463Phyllis Annesley's Peril
162VII. The Flash Note Factory
464A Sower of Pestilence
163VIII. In Which Thorndyke Tries Over the Moves
465Rex v. Burnaby
164IX. In Which Mr. Penfield Receives a Shock
466A Mystery of the Sand-Hills
165X. In Which Thorndyke Sees a New Light
467The Apparition of Burling Court
166XI. In Which Varney Has an Inspiration
468The Mysterious Visitor
167XII. In Which Varney Once More Pulls the Strings
469THE MAGIC CASKET
168XIII. In Which the Medico-Legal Worm Arrives
470The Magic Casket
169XIV. In Which Mr. Varney Is Disillusioned
471The Contents of a Mare's Nest
170XV. In Which Thorndyke Opens the Attack
472The Stalking Horse
171XVI. In Which John Rodney Is Convinced
473The Naturalist at Law
172XVII. In Which There Is a Meeting and a Farewell
474Mr. Ponting's Alibi
173I. The Pool in the Wood
475Pandora's Box
174II. A Conference With Dr. Thorndyke
476The Trail of Behemoth
175III. The Doctor's Revelations
477The Pathologist to the Rescue
176IV. Mr. Bendelow
478Gleanings From the Wreckage
177V. Inspector Follett's Discovery
479Other Novels:
178VI. Marion D'Arblay at Home
480I. In Which I Make the Acquaintance of Captain Bithery
179VII. Thorndyke Enlarges His Knowledge
481II. In Which I Set Out for Africa
180VIII. Simon Bendelow, Deceased
482III. I Hear Strange Stories and Vague Rumours
181IX. A Strange Misadventure
483IV. I Visit a Graveyard and Meet a Blind Man
182X. Marion's Peril
484V. I Encounter a Curious Relic
183XI. Arms and the Man
485VI. The Journal of Captain Barnabas Hogg
184XII. A Dramatic Discovery
486VII. I Form an Absurd Resolution
185XIII. A Narrow Escape
487VIII. I Make a New Acquaintance
186XIV. The Haunted Man
488IX. I Bid Farewell to My Friends
187XV. Thorndyke Proposes a New Move
489X. I Take to the Road
188XVI. A Surprise for the Superintendent
490XI. I Find Myself Among Enemies
189XVII. A Chapter of Surprise
491XII. I Change My Identity
190XVIII. The Last Act
492XIII. The Golden Pool
191XIX. Thorndyke Disentangles the Threads
493XIV. I Am Led Into Captivity
192Book 1. The Ishmaelite
494XV. The Aboási Mine
193I. The Fugitive
495XVI. I Assist in a Robbery and Become a Fugitive
194II. The Legatee
496XVII. The Last of Bukári Moshi
195III. The Mutiny on the "Speedwell"
497XVIII. I Again Become a Fugitive
196IV. The Phantom Mate
498XIX. I Make My Appearance in a New Character
197V. The New Afterguard
499XX. I Join a Party of Bohemians
198VI. Betty Makes a Discovery
500XXI. I Meet With Some Old Acquaintances
199VII. The Mate Takes His Discharge
501XXII. A Catastrophe
200VIII. The Last of the " Speedwell"
502XXIII. I Make a Curious Discovery
201IX. Arms and the Man
503XXIV. I Return to an Old Trade
202X. Betty's Appeal
504XXV. I Set Out Upon My Voyage
203XI. The Order of Release
505XXVI. I Put Out Into the Darkness
204Book 2. The Investigator
506XXVII. Ship Ahoy!
205XII. The Indictment
507XXVIII. In Which I Bid Farewell to the Reader
206XIII. Thorndyke Takes Up the Inquiry
508Epilogue
207XIV. Thorndyke Makes a Beginning
509I. In Which the Reader Makes a Genteel Acquaintance
208XV. Mr. Wampole Is Highly Amused
510II. In Which I Become Involved in a Tragedy
209XVI. Which Treats of Law and Buttons
511III. In Which I Am Cast Away
210XVII. The Lapidary
512IV. In Which I Meet Friends Both New and Old
211XVIII. The End of the Clue
513V. In Which I Enter the Abode of Godliness
212XIX. Thorndyke Connects the Links
514VI. In Which I Meet a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
213XX. Osmond's Motive
515VII. In Which I Experience Changes of Fortune
214I. The Invalid
516VIII. In Which I Am Presented to My Cousin Percival
215II. Barbara Monkhouse Comes Home
517IX. In Which I Discover a New Enemy
216III. A Shock for the Mourners
518X. In Which I Have a Narrow Escape
217IV. "How, When and Where—"
519XI. In Which We Approach a Strange Island
218V. Madeline's Ordeal
520XII. In Which the Pirate Shows His Wit and His Heels
219VI. The Verdict
521XIII. In Which I Am Marooned
220VII. The Search Warrant
522XIV. In Which I Explore My New Territory
221VIII. Thorndyke Speaks Bluntly
523XV. In Which I Find a Key to Unlock My Prison
222IX. Superintendent Miller Is Puzzled
524XVI. In Which I Play the Eavesdropper
223X. A Greek Gift
525XVII. In Which I Encounter a Most Genteel Rascal
224XI. The Rivals
526XVIII. In Which the Schooner Is Brought to Her Berth
225XII. Thorndyke Challenges the Evidence
527XIX. In Which Captain Parradine Calls Checkmate
226XIII. Rupert Makes Some Discoveries
528XX. In Which I Show Much Valour and Little Discretion
227XIV. Rupert Confides in Thorndyke
529XXI. In Which Mr. Murking Pilots the Charity To Her Last Berth
228XV. A Pursuit and a Discovery
530XXII. In Which I Return to an Old Haunt
229XVI. Barbara's Message
531XXIII. In Which I Come to an Anchor at the Bell Inn
230XVII. Thorndyke Retraces the Trail
532XXIV. In Which My Cousin Percival Makes a Discovery
231XVIII. The Final Proof
533XXV. In Which the Bells Are Rung in Shorne Steeple
232Prologue
534The Motive Force
233I. Mr. Pottermack Makes a Discovery
535"Number One"
234II. The Secret Visitor
536The Housemaid's Followers
235III. Mr. Pottermack Goes A-Sugaring
537The Gifts of Chance
236IV. The Placing of the Sun-Dial
538By-Products of Industry
237V. Dr. Thorndyke Listens to a Strange Story
539The Trail of the Serpent
238VI. Dr. Thorndyke Becomes Inquisitive
540The Uttermost Farthing
239VII. The Criminal Records
541Preface
240VIII. Mr. Pottermack Seeks Adventure
542I. The Changeling
241IX. Providence Intervenes
543II. The Prison-Breaker
242X. A Retrospect
544III. The Brazen Serpent
243XI. Mr. Pottermack's Dilemma
545IV. The Constable’s Helpmate
244XII. The Understudy
546V. A Votive Candle
245XIII. The Setting of the Tableau
547VI. The Emperor’s Keepsake
246XIV. The Discovery
548VII. Woman and Superwoman
247XV. Dr. Thorndyke's Curiosity Is Aroused
549VIII. The Good Samaritan
248XVI. Exit Khama-Heru
550IX. The “Prison Joseph”
249XVII. Dr. Thorndyke Relates a Queer Case
551X. Peter Mockett’s Legacy
250XVIII. The Sun-Dial Has the Last Word
552XI. Aunt Jemima
251I. Destiny in an Egg-Chest
553XII. The Heavenly Twins
252II. Treasure Trove
554Epilogue
253III. A Mystery and a Disappearance
555THE SURPRISING EXPERIENCES OF MR. SHUTTLEBURY COBB
254IV. Mr. Brodribb's Perplexities
556I. The Gifted Stranger
255V. Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds
557II. The Secret Code and the Castaway
256VI. A Visit to Stratford Atte Bow
558III. The Secret Chamber
257VII. Number Five Piper's Row
559IV. The Resurrectionists
258VIII. Sir Edward Hardcastle, Bart., Deceased
560V. A Mermaid and a Red Herring
259IX. The Crowner's Quest
561VI. The Magic Mirror
260X. A Summary of the Evidence
562FLIGHTY PHYLLIS
261XI. Ashdod Revisited
563I. The Understudy
262XII. Of a Hansom Cab and a Black Eagle
564II. The Minotaur
263XIII. Mr. Brodribb's Discovery
565III. Mr. Shylock
264XIV. New Light on the Problem
566IV. A Variety Entertainment
265XV. Thorndyke's Plan of Attack
567V. A Double Capture
266XVI. Mrs. David Hardcastle
568VI. Storm and Sunshine
267XVII. Some Statements and a Tragedy
569VII. Love and a Graven Image
268XVIII. The Wheel of Fortune
570Other Short Stories:
269I. The Backsliding of Mr. Didbury Toke
571BY THE BLACK DEEP
270II. Enter Mr. Hughes
572I
271III. An Unholy Alliance
573II
272IV. Mr. Toke’s Indiscretion
574III
273V. The Tragedy in the Tunnel
575IV
274VI. Thorndyke Examines His Material
576THE ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE
275VII. The Persistence of Superintendent Miller
577The Assyrian Rejuvenator
276VIII. A Review of the Evidence
578The Foreign Office Despatch
277IX. Thorndyke Discourses on Finger-Prints
579The Chicago Heiress
278X. Mr. Woodburn’s Story
580The Lizard’s Scale
279XI. Hartsden Manor House
581The Paste Diamonds
280XII. The Unknown Coiner
582The Kailyard Novel
281XIII. Rex v. Dobey
583THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE
282XIV. A Startling Discovery
584The Submarine Boat
283XV. The Breaking of the Seals
585The Kimblerley Fugitive
284XVI. The Vault
586The Silkworms of Florence
285XVII. The Vigil
587The Box of Specie
286XVIII. Postscript
588The Silver Ingots
287I. Of a Strange Treasure Trove and a Double Life
589The House of Detention
288II. Mr. Buffham's Legal Friend
590FROM A SURGEON’S DIARY
289III. Mr. Pippet Gives Evidence
591The Adventure at Heath Crest
290IV. The Finding of the Jury
592How I Acted for and Invalid Doctor
291V. The Great Platinum Robbery
593How I Attended a Nervous Patient
292VI. Mr. Brodribb's Dilemma
594How I Met a Very Ignorant Practitioner
293VII. The Final Preparations
595How I Cured a Hopeless Paralytic
294VIII. The Opening of the Case
596How I Helped to Lay a Ghost
295IX. The Evidence of Christoper J. Pippet
597THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY and Other Stories
296X. Josiah?
598The Great Portrait Mystery (pt. 1)
297XI. Plumber’s Oddments and Other Matters
599The Great Portrait Mystery (pt. 2)
298XII. Thorndyke Becomes Interested
600The Bronze Parrot
299XIII. The Dene Hole
601Powder Blue and Hawthorn
300XIV. Dr. Thorndyke’s Evidence
602The Attorney’s Conscience
301XV. A Journey and a Discussion
603The Luck of Barnabas Mudge
302XVI. The Statement of Frederick Bunter
