Tangled Trails (Western Murder Mystery). William MacLeod Raine

      William MacLeod Raine

      Tangled Trails (Western Murder Mystery)

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      2020 OK Publishing

      EAN 4064066385965

      Table of Contents

       Chapter I. No Altruist

       Chapter II. Wild Rose Takes the Dust

       Chapter III. For the Championship of the World

       Chapter IV. Not Always Two to Make a Quarrel

       Chapter V. Cousins Meet

       Chapter VI. Lights Out

       Chapter VII. Foul Play

       Chapter VIII. By Means of the Fire Escape

       Chapter IX. The Story in the "News"

       Chapter X. Kirby Asks a Direct Question

       Chapter XI. The Coroner's Inquest

       Chapter XII. "That's the Man"

       Chapter XIII. "Always, Phyllis"

       Chapter XIV. A Friend in Need

       Chapter XV. A Glove and the Hand in It

       Chapter XVI. The Lady with the Violet Perfume

       Chapter XVII. In Dry Valley

       Chapter XVIII. "Burnin' a Hole in My Pocket"

       Chapter XIX. A Discovery

       Chapter XX. The Brass Bed

       Chapter XXI. James Loses His Temper

       Chapter XXII. "Are You With Me or Against Me?"

       Chapter XXIII. Cousins Disagree

       Chapter XXIV. Reverend Nicodemus Rankin Forgets and Remembers

       Chapter XXV. A Conference of Three

       Chapter XXVI. Cutting Trail

       Chapter XXVII. The Detective Gets Two Surprises

       Chapter XXVIII. The Finger of Suspicion Points

       Chapter XXIX. "Come Clean, Jack"

       Chapter XXX. Kirby Makes a Call

       Chapter XXXI. The Mask of the Red Bandanna

       Chapter XXXII. Jack Takes Off His Coat

       Chapter XXXIII. Olson Tells a Story

       Chapter XXXIV. From the Fire Escape

       Chapter XXXV. Like a Thief in the Night

       Chapter XXXVI. A Ride in a Taxi

       Chapter XXXVII. On the Grill

       Chapter XXXVIII. A Full Morning

       Chapter XXXIX. Kirby Invites Himself to a Ride

       Chapter XL. The Mills of the Gods

       Chapter XLI. Enter X

       Chapter XLII. The New World

      Chapter I

       No Altruist

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      Esther McLean brought the afternoon mail in to Cunningham. She put it on the desk before him and stood waiting, timidly, afraid to voice her demand for justice, yet too desperately anxious to leave with it unspoken.

      He leaned back in his swivel chair, his cold eyes challenging her.

       "Well," he barked harshly.

      She was a young, soft creature, very pretty in a kittenish fashion, both sensuous and helpless. It was an easy guess that unless fortune stood her friend she was a predestined victim to the world's selfish love of pleasure, and fortune, with a cynical smile, had stood aside and let her go her way.

      "I . . . I . . ." A wave of color flooded her face. She twisted a rag of a handkerchief into a hard wadded knot.

      "Spit it out," he ordered curtly.

      "I've