Contents
Chapter | Page | |
Characters of the Book | xi | |
I. | Philo Vance at Home | 1 |
II. | At the Scene of the Crime | 15 |
III. | A Lady's Hand-bag | 32 |
IV. | The Housekeeper's Story | 46 |
V. | Gathering Information | 60 |
VI. | Vance Offers an Opinion | 72 |
VII. | Reports and an Interview | 86 |
VIII. | Vance Accepts a Challenge | 104 |
IX. | The Height of the Murderer | 118 |
X. | Eliminating a Suspect | 131 |
XI. | A Motive and a Threat | 143 |
XII. | The Owner of a Colt-.45 | 157 |
XIII. | The Grey Cadillac | 168 |
XIV. | Links in the Chain | 179 |
XV. | "Pfyfe—Personal" | 189 |
XVI. | Admissions and Suppressions | 203 |
XVII. | The Forged Check | 218 |
XVIII. | A Confession | 231 |
XIX. | Vance Cross-examines | 243 |
XX. | A Lady Explains | 258 |
XXI. | Sartorial Revelations | 270 |
XXII. | Vance Outlines a Theory | 284 |
XXIII. | Checking an Alibi | 302 |
XXIV. | The Arrest | 320 |
XXV. | Vance Explains His Methods | 336 |