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First published in Great Britain as 2835 Mayfair by Mitchell Kennerley 1907
Published as The Mayfair Mystery by The Detective Story Club Ltd
for Wm Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1929
Introduction © David Brawn 2015
Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1929, 2015
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008137083
Ebook Edition © August 2015 ISBN: 9780008137090
Version: 2015-07-06
Contents
Chapter II: CONCERNING THE CORPSE
Chapter III: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CORPSE
Chapter VI: THE TROUBLE WITH MINGEY
Chapter VII: MAINLY ABOUT LOVE
Chapter IX: 69 PEMBROKE STREET
Chapter XI: ‘PURE BROMPTON ROAD’
Chapter XIV: THE EVIDENCE OF NELLIE
Chapter XVII: A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
Chapter XVIII: JOHNSON AND BARLOW
Chapter XX: JOHNSON BECOMES BRIGHTER
Chapter XXII: THE CURE FOR CANCER
Chapter XXIII: THE MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF SIR CLIFFORD OAKLEIGH
Chapter XXVI: ‘UNCLE GUSSIE’ IS NONPLUSSED
Chapter XXVIII: DISAPPOINTMENT
Chapter XXIX: REGGIE LOSES HIS JOB
Chapter XXX: AN UNFORTUNATE MEETING