The Liverpool Courier.—It is quite equal to anything the writer has done. The plot is skilfully devised to carry a weighty load of exciting episode. The narrative goes forward breathlessly and holds the attention.
RADFORD SHONE.
The Leicester Post.—Radford Shone is another very welcome volume from an accomplished pen. The exploits at once rivet attention and hold it spellbound to the end. Once begun it will be eagerly read right through to the end.
The Standard.—This novelist has a real genius for the constructional stories. He knows to a hair's-breadth the best theme to select, and almost unerringly what details to omit. His power of invention is remarkable.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I | Two Villains and the Heroine | [9] |
| II | "A Screw Loose Somewhere" | [18] |
| III | Presage of Storm | [31] |
| IV | Nugent moves a Pawn | [42] |
| V | Under the Searchlight | [50] |
| VI | The Cry from the Train | [60] |
| VII | The Face in the Pool | [71] |
| VIII | Intercepted | [80] |
| IX | The Inquisitive Foreman | [90] |
| X | The Lure of Love | [102] |
| XI | The Peering Eyes | [109] |
| XII | The Cobra's Sailing Orders | [120] |
| XIII | Fool's Paradise Lost | [128] |
| XIV | The Creaking Stair | [139] |
| XV | A Council of Three | [147] |
| XVI | Barbed Shafts | [156] |
| XVII | "The Bootlace Man" | [169] |
| XVIII | The Trap is Set | [178] |
| XIX | The Sleeping Snake | [185] |
| XX | Blue Light and Green | [195] |
| XXI | The Trap Closes | [204] |
| XXII | The Shadow of Horror | [213] |
| XXIII | In the Stone Grotto | [223] |
| XXIV | In the Toils | [234] |
| XXV | The Last Chance Fails | [243] |
| XXVI | Enid is "Mixed up" | [254] |
| XXVII | Pursuit | [263] |
| XXVIII | Travers Nugent Pays | [274] |
| XXIX | The Sting of the Nettle | [287] |
| XXX | Aftermath of Storm | [296] |