An edition of In the shadows (1923)

In the shadows

thirty detective stories : showing "why crime doesn't pay" : a series of famous cases

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An edition of In the shadows (1923)

In the shadows

thirty detective stories : showing "why crime doesn't pay" : a series of famous cases

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Language
English
Pages
361

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Table of Contents

The confession of a master burglar
The suffering of the innocent
Fight crime with advertising
Mabel's mistake
The Stockdale murder
The calling of Johnny MacRay
The secret cipher
Circumstantial evidence
The pal of "Jimmy the Rat"
The phantom shot
The cause of divorces
The policeman's tryst
The Sowards murder
The yellow slip
A pair of shoes
The murder scoop
The death of Desdemona
"A mass of golden hair"
Just a little dog
The jet earrings
Queen of the safe crackers
The trunk bandit
The national swindle
The mystery woman
Witherell case
The modern Bluebeard
The old man's violin
Murder of Father Heslin
Friday, the thirteenth
The passing of Sergeant Fitzgerald.

Edition Notes

Photographic frontispiece with autographed portrait of author. Illustrations on p. 50, 55, 59, [66], 71, 76, 81, 86, 90, 97, 101, 102, 106, 109, 111, 118, 123, 126, 127, 132, 134, 140, 145, 147, 152, 155, 157, 161, 183, 191, 196, 200, 206, 211, 214, 219, 231, 249, 250, 272, 276, 282, 291, 305, 319, 343, 344 and 351, some signed by Helene Rico.

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Los Angeles

Classifications

Library of Congress
HV7914 .H2

The Physical Object

Pagination
[2], 361, [5] p. (first 2 p. and last 5 p. blank), [1] leaf of plates :
Number of pages
361

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6658998M
Internet Archive
inshadowsthirtyd00harr
LCCN
23017825
OCLC/WorldCat
5086074

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL18196082W

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