CHAPTER
[I.]The Affair of the Man Who Called himself Hamilton Cleek
[II.]The Problem of the Red Crawl
[III.] The Riddle of the Sacred Son
[IV.] The Caliph's Daughter
[V.] The Riddle of the Ninth Finger
[VI.] The Wizard's Belt
[VII.] The Riddle of the 5.28
[VIII.] The Lion's Smile
[IX.] The Mystery of the Steel Room
[X.] The Riddle of the Siva Stones
[XI.] The Divided House
[XII.] The Riddle of the Rainbow Pearl

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Of a truth you are a charming fellow, monsieur.... What a pity youshould be a police spy and upon so hopeless a case." [Frontis.]
(See [Chap. XII])
Pulling their hair—rubbing their faces with a clean handkerchief in quest ofany trace of "make-up" or disguise of any sort[Chap. I]
Swinging the hammer, he struck at the nymph with a force that shattered themonstrous thing to atoms [Chap. VI]
With that he stripped down the counterpane, lifted the water-jug from its washstandand emptied its contents over the mattresses [Chap. XI]

CLEEK, THE MASTER DETECTIVE


CHAPTER I

THE AFFAIR OF THE MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF HAMILTON CLEEK