CONTENTS

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I. The First Move[1]
II. Complications[9]
III. Unidentified[22]
IV. A Question of Time[39]
V. The “Ace”[53]
VI. Developments[70]
VII. The Fifth Man[85]
VIII. Further Developments[100]
IX. The Telegram[113]
X. “Seditious Utterances”[126]
XI. Conflicting Clues[143]
XII. The Call[162]
XIII. The Blotted Page[177]
XIV. Burnham Prefers Charges[188]
XV. “The Best Laid Plans”[204]
XVI. In the Limelight[220]
XVII. Camouflage [236]
XVIII. “The Handwriting on the Wall”[250]
XIX. Bribery[264]
XX. Identification[276]
XXI. Unmasked[284]
XXII. The Missing Diagrams[ 297]