The Three Taps

A Detective Story without a Moral

by

Ronald A. Knox

Contents

I[The Euthanasia Policy]
II[The Detective Malgré Lui]
III[At the Load of Mischief]
IV[The Bedroom]
V[Supper, and Mr. Brinkman]
VI[An Ear at the Keyhole]
VII[From Leyland’s Note-Book]
VIII[The Bishop at Home]
IX[The Late Rector of Hipley]
X[The Bet Doubled]
XI[The Generalship of Angela]
XII[The Makings of a Trap]
XIII[A Morning with the Haberdasher]
XIV[Bredon Is Taken for a Walk]
XV[A Scrap of Paper]
XVI[A Visitor from Pullford]
XVII[Mysterious Behaviour of the Old Gentleman]
XVIII[The Barmaid Is Brought to Book]
XIX[How Leyland Spent the Evening]
XX[How Bredon Spent the Evening]
XXI[How Eames Spent the Evening]
XXII[At a Standstill]
XXIII[Leyland’s Account of It All]
XXIV[Mottram’s Account of It All]
XXV[Bredon’s Account of It All]

Dedicated to

Susan and Francis Baker

(only he mustn’t sit up too late over it)

Chapter I.
The Euthanasia Policy