SCARHAVEN
KEEP
THE MYSTERY STORIES OF
J. S. FLETCHER
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THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER [1918]
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THE PARADISE MYSTERY [1920]
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DEAD MEN'S MONEY [1920]
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THE ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND [1921]
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THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT [1921]
"Mr. Fletcher is a master of plot. . . . To tell a story as well as this is a literary achievement."—Boston Transcript.
THE BOROUGH TREASURER [1921]
"As mystifyng a tale as even Mr. Fletcher himself has written."—New York Times.
THE HERAPATH PROPERTY [1921]
Numerous complications lead from the murder of Jacob Herapath and the search for his will.
SCARHAVEN KEEP [1922]
The mystery of the disappearance of Bassett Oliver, famous actor.
RAVENSDENE COURT [1922]
Two men are struck down by an unseen hand, at the same time in widely separated places-who killed them?
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SCARHAVEN
KEEP
BY
J. S. FLETCHER
NEW YORK
ALFRED ·A · KNOPF
MCMXXII
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
Second Printing, February, 1922
Third Printing, June, 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
| chapter | ||
| I | Wanted at Rehearsal | 9 |
| II | Grey Rock and Grey Sea | 18 |
| III | The Man Who Knew Something | 29 |
| IV | The Estate Agent | 39 |
| V | The Greyle History | 49 |
| VI | The Leading Lady | 59 |
| VII | Left on Guard | 68 |
| VIII | Right of Way | 80 |
| IX | Hobkin's Hole | 90 |
| X | The Invalid Curate | 100 |
| XI | Beneath the Brambles | 110 |
| XII | Good Men and True | 121 |
| XIII | Mr. Dennie | 131 |
| XIV | By Private Treaty | 140 |
| XV | The Cablegram from New York | 151 |
| XVI | In Touch with the Missing | 161 |
| XVII | The Old Playbill | 172 |
| XVIII | The Lie on the Tombstone | 182 |
| XIX | The Steam Yacht | 191 |
| XX | The Courteous Captain | 202 |
| XXI | Marooned | 214 |
| XXII | The Old Hand | 222 |
| XXIII | The Yacht Comes Back | 232 |
| XXIV | The Torpedo-Boat Destroyer | 241 |
| XXV | The Squire | 249 |
| XXVI | The Reaver's Glen | 258 |
| XXVII | The Peel Tower | 267 |
| XXVIII | The Footprints | 277 |
| XXIX | Scarvell's Cur | 285 |
| XXX | The Greengrocer's Cart | 294 |
| XXXI | Ambassadress Extraordinary | 305 |
SCARHAVEN
KEEP
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