Murder by the Clock
A police lieutenant investigates a murder over the course of a single night.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1929
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
234
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback fiction
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Table of Contents
- I
- Hallmarks of Murder
- III. Guards Are Stationed at the Doors
- IV. Pale Flares the Darkness
- V. Living or Dead?
- VI. Pictures in Dust
- VII. Banked Fires
- VIII. Mrs. Endicott Screams
- IX
- The Stillness of a Grave
- XI. To Watch by Night
- XII. Madame Velasquez Stirs Up Muck
- XIII. Glittering Eyes
- XIV. An Empty Sheath
- XV. The Thin Steel Blade
- XVI. Time Versus Death
- XVII. The Angle of Death’s Path
- XVIII. Thin Haze of Dread
- XIX. The Properties of Horror
- XX. On Private Heights
- XXI. A Woman’s Slipper
- XXII
- XXIII. A Turn of the Screw
- XXIV. As the Colours of Dawn
- XXV. Lunatic Vistas
- XXVI. There Was a Sailor
- XXVII. Mrs. Endicott Cannot Be Found
- XXVIII. Mist Drifting Through Mist
- XXIX
- XXX
- XXXI