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Initials Only

Anna Katharine Green

The story revolves around the mysterious death of a prominent young woman, Miss Challoner, which initially appears to be a sudden health failure, but the subsequent investigation leads to suspicions of foul play.

“Initials Only” by Anna Katharine Green is a detective novel. The story revolves around the mysterious death of a prominent young woman, Miss Challoner, which initially appears to be a sudden health failure, but the subsequent investigation leads to suspicions of foul play.

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It was not my husband speaking, but some passerby. However, I looked up at George with a smile, and found him looking down at me with much the same humour. We had often spoken of the odd phrases one hears in the street, and how interesting it would be sometimes to hear a little more of the conversation.

“That’s a case in point,” he laughed, as he guided me through the crowd of theatre-goers which invariably block this part of Broadway at the hour of eight. “We shall never know whose eulogy we have just heard. ‘A remarkable man!’ There are not many of them.”

“No,” was my somewhat indifferent reply. It was a keen winter night and snow was packed upon the walks in a way to throw into sharp relief the figures of such pedestrians as happened to be walking alone. “But it seems to me that, so far as general appearance goes, the one in front answers your description most admirably.”

I pointed to a man hurrying around the corner just ahead of us.

“Yes, he’s remarkably well built. I noticed him when he came out of the Clermont.” This was a hotel we had just passed.

“But it’s not only that. It’s his height, his very striking features, his expression—” I stopped suddenly, gripping George’s arm convulsively in a surprise he appeared to share. We had turned the corner immediately behind the man of whom we were speaking and so had him still in full view.

“What’s he doing?” I asked, in a low whisper. We were only a few feet behind. “Look! look! don’t you call that curious?”

Contents

  1. 01Book I. As Seen by Two Strangers
  2. 02I. Poinsettias
  3. 03II. “I Know the Man”
  4. 04III. The Man
  5. 05IV. Sweet Little Miss Clarke
  6. 06V. The Red Cloak
  7. 07VI. Integrity
  8. 08VII. The Letters
  9. 09VIII. Strange Doings for George
  10. 10IX. The Incident of the Partly Lifted Shade
  11. 11Book II. As Seen by Detective Sweetwater
  12. 12X. A Difference of Opinion
  13. 13XI. Alike in Essentials
  14. 14XII. Mr. Gryce Finds an Antidote for Old Age
  15. 15XIII. Time, Circumstance, and a Villain’s Heart
  16. 16XIV. A Concession
  17. 17XV. That’s the Question
  18. 18XVI. Opposed
  19. 19XVII. In Which a Book Plays a Leading Part
  20. 20XVIII. What Am I to Do Now
  21. 21XIX. The Danger Moment
  22. 22XX. Confusion
  23. 23XXI. A Change
  24. 24XXII. O. B. Again
  25. 25Book III. The Heart of Man
  26. 26XXIII. Doris
  27. 27XXIV. Suspense
  28. 28XXV. The Oval Hut
  29. 29XXVI. Sweetwater Returns
  30. 30XXVII. The Image of Dread
  31. 31XXVIII. I Hope Never to See That Man
  32. 32XXIX. Do You Know My Brother
  33. 33XXX. Chaos
  34. 34XXXI. What Is He Making
  35. 35XXXII. Tell Me, Tell It All
  36. 36XXXIII. Alone
  37. 37XXXIV. The Hut Changes Its Name
  38. 38XXXV. Silence—And a Knock
  39. 39XXXVI. The Man Within and the Man Without
  40. 40XXXVII. His Great Hour
  41. 41Saturday night at eight o’clock.
  42. 42XXXVIII. Night
  43. 43XXXIX. The Avenger
  44. 44XL. Desolate
  45. 45XLI. Five O’clock in the Morning
  46. 46XLII. At Six

About this edition

Author
Anna Katharine Green
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
187 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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