Contents [BOOK I. THE FORBIDDEN ROOM] [I. “THE MOORE HOUSE?”] [II. I ENTER] [III. I REMAIN] [IV. SIGNED, VERONICA] [V. MASTER AND DOG] [VI. GOSSIP] [VII. SLY WORK] [VIII. SLYER WORK] [IX. JINNY] [X. FRANCIS JEFFREY] [BOOK II. THE LAW AND ITS VICTIM] [XI. DETAILS] [XII. THRUST AND PARRY] [XIII. CHIEFLY THRUST] [XIV. “LET US HAVE TALLMAN!”] [XV. WHITE BOW AND PINK] [XVI. AN EGOTIST OF THE FIRST WATER] [XVII. A FRESH START] [XVIII. IN THE GRASS] [BOOK III. THE HOUSE OF DOOM] [XIX. IN TAMPA] [XX. “THE COLONEL’S OWN”] [XXI. THE HEART OF THE PUZZLE] [XXII. A THREAD IN HAND] [XXIII. WORDS IN THE NIGHT] [XXIV. TANTALIZING TACTICS] [XXV. “WHO WILL TELL THE MAN!”] [XXVI. RUDGE] [XXVII. “YOU HAVE COME!”]