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Contents
- INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- THE LIFE OF CHARLES PEACE:
- I. HIS EARLY YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
- II. PEACE IN LONDON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
- III. HIS TRIAL AND EXECUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
- THE CAREER OF ROBERT BUTLER:
- I. THE DUNEDIN MURDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
- II. THE TRIAL OF BUTLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
- III. HIS DECLINE AND FALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
- M. DERUES:
- I. THE CLIMBING LITTLE GROCER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
- II. THE GAYE OF BLUFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
- DR. CASTAING:
- I. AN UNHAPPY COINCIDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
- II. THE TRIAL OF DR. CASTAING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
- PROFESSOR WEBSTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
- THE MYSTERIOUS MR. HOLMES:
- I. HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
- II THE WANDERING ASSASSIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
- PARTNERSHIP IN CRIME:
- I. THE WIDOW GRAS
- 1. THE CHARMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
- 2. THE WOUNDED PIGEON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
- II. VITALIS AND MARIE BOYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
- III. THE FENAYROU CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
- IV. EYRAUD AND BOMPARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
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