Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	MAN PROPOSES	9
II.	THE OLD TREE'S REVELATIONS	16
III.	THE STORY OF A CRIME	25
IV.	THE DIE IS CAST	44
V.	A SHREWD SCHEME	54
VI.	A WARNING	64
VII.	A STRUGGLE FOR MORE THAN LIFE	75
VIII.	THREADS OF THE FABRIC	98
IX.	GONE!	104
X.	BONNIE, BEWITCHING CLAIRE	113
XI.	A GLEAM OF LIGHT	121
XII.	A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD	130
XIII.	MISS ARTHUR'S FRENCH MAID	137
XIV.	WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS	143
XV.	CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS	155
XVI.	FACE TO FACE	167
XVII.	GATHERING CLUES	184
XVIII.	THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S KNIFE	191
XIX.	A DUAL RENUNCIATION	203
XX.	STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE	215
XXI.	HAGAR AND CORA	229
XXII.	TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER	239
XXIII.	SETTING SOME SNARES	244
XXIV.	A VERITABLE GHOST	251
XXV.	SOME DAYS OF WAITING	257
XXVI.	NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK	265
XXVII.	CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE	Clyx.com