The Datchet Diamonds

Richard Marsh

Sprache: English

Genres: Krimi- & Mysteryliteratur

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1. Chapter I, Two Men and a Maid
2. Chapter II, Overheard in the Train
3. Chapter III, The Diamonds
4. Chapter IV, Miss Wentworth's Rudeness
5. Chapter V, In the Bodega
6. Chapter VI, The Adventures of a Night
7. Chapter VII, The Datchet Diamonds are Placed in Safe Custody
8. Chapter VIII, In the Moment of His Success
9. Chapter IX, A Proposal of Marriage
10. Chapter X, Cyril's Friend
11. Chapter XI, John Ireland's Warrant
12. Chapter XII, A Woman Roused
13. Chapter XIII, The Detective and the Lady
14. Chapter XIV, Among Thieves
15. Chapter XV, Put to the Question
16. Chapter XVI, A Modern Instance of an Ancient Practice
17. Chapter XVII, The Most Dangerous Foe of All
18. Chapter XVIII, The Last of the Datchet Diamonds, Chapter XIX, A Woman's Logic

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Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambler planning to leave the country to escape his losses, reads this news item on a train, he overhears, in the next compartment, the actual thief boasting of his accomplishment. Then, when he arrives at his hotel and opens his Gladstone bag, he finds the bag is not his -- and it contains the spoils of the robbery! Will our hero take them directly to the magistrate and tell all he knows? Or will things take another turn, leading to brigands, danger, and possibly romance? - Summary by Jacquerie