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The Black Gang
by Sapper
1922
CONTENTS
* Chapter 1 In which Things Happen near Barking Creek
* Chapter 2 In which Scotland Yard Sits Up and Takes Notice
* Chapter 3 In which Hugh Drummond Composes a Letter
* Chapter 4 In which Count Zadowa Gets a Shock
* Chapter 5 In which Charles Latter, M.P., Goes Mad
* Chapter 6 In which an Effusion is Sent to the Newspapers
* Chapter 7 In which a Bomb Bursts at Unpleasantly Close Quarters
* Chapter 8 In which the Bag of Nuts is Found by Accident
* Chapter 9 In which there is a Stormy Supper Party at the Ritz
* Chapter 10 In which Hugh Drummond Makes a Discovery
* Chapter 11 In which Hugh Drummond and the Reverend Theodosius Longmoor Take Lunch Together
* Chapter 12 In which Count Zadowa is Introduced to Alice in Wonderland
* Chapter 13 In which Hugh Drummond and the Reverend Theodosius Have a Little Chat
* Chapter 14 In which a Rolls-Royce Runs Amok
* Chapter 15 In which Hugh Drummond Arrives at Maybrick Hall
* Chapter 16 In which Things Happen at Maybrick Hall
* Chapter 17 In which a Murderer is Murdered at Maybrick Hall
* Chapter 18 In which the Home Secretary is Taught the Fox-trot
CHAPTER ONE
- In which Things Happen new Barking Creek
The wind howled dismally round a house standing by itself almost on the shores of Barking Creek. It was the grey dusk of an early autumn day, and the occasional harsh cry of a sea-gull rising discordantly above the wind alone broke the silence of the flat, desolate waste.
The house seemed deserted. Every window was