CONTENTS

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THE CHRONICLES OF MICHAEL DANEVITCH:
INTRODUCTION[ 1]
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A MILLION ROUBLES[ 7]
A MODERN BORGIA[ 33]
THE STRANGE STORY OF AN ATTACHÉ[ 60]
THE FATE OF VASSILO IVANOFF[ 91]
THE MERCHANT OF RIGA [ 116]
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY [ 143]
THE CROWN JEWELS[ 166]
THE STRANGE STORY OF A SECRET TREATY[ 193]
HOW PETER TRESKIN WAS LURED TO DOOM [ 227]
THE CLUE OF THE DEAD HAND:
I. NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE MYSTERY BEGINS[ 262]
II. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS—THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED
BY PETER BRODIE, OF THE DETECTIVE SERVICE		[ 276]
III. THE DEAD HAND SMITES[ 288]