| Dead men's money Contributor(s): Fletcher, J. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544038046 ISBN-13: 9781544038049 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.87 lbs) 292 pages |
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| Publisher Description: extract: CHAPTER I THE ONE-EYED MAN The very beginning of this affair, which involved me, before I was aware of it, in as much villainy and wickedness as ever man heard of, was, of course, that spring evening, now ten years ago, whereon I looked out of my mother's front parlour window in the main street of Berwick-upon-Tweed and saw, standing right before the house, a man who had a black patch over his left eye, an old plaid thrown loosely round his shoulders, and in his right hand a stout stick and an old-fashioned carpet-bag. He caught sight of me as I caught sight of him, and he stirred, and made at once for our door. If I had possessed the power of seeing more than the obvious, I should have seen robbery, and murder, and the very devil himself coming in close attendance upon him as he crossed the pavement. But as it was, I saw nothing but a stranger, and I threw open the window and asked the man what he might be wanting. "Lodgings " he answered, jerking a thickly made thumb at a paper which my mother had that day set in the transom above the door. "Lodgings You've lodgings to let for a single gentleman. I'm a single gentleman, and I want lodgings. For a month-maybe more. Money no object. Thorough respectability-on my part. Few needs and modest requirements. Not likely to give trouble. Open the door " |