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The Silver Bullet
The story unfolds through the experiences of two main characters, Robin Joyce and Dr. Jim Herrick, who embark on a walking tour that takes a dark turn when they discover a mysterious, well-lit mansion in a lonely pine wood, only to find a dead body inside upon their exploration.
"The Silver Bullet" by Fergus Hume is a mystery novel that appears to have been. The story unfolds through the experiences of two main characters, Robin Joyce and Dr. Jim Herrick, who embark on a walking tour that takes a dark turn when they discover a mysterious, well-lit mansion in a lonely pine wood, only to find a dead body inside upon their exploration.
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"We had better lie down and die," said Robin peevishly. "I can't go a step further," and to emphasise his words he deliberately sat.
"Infernal little duffer," growled Herrick. "Huh! Might have guessed you would Joyce." He threw himself down beside his companion and continued grumbling. "You have tobacco, a fine night, and a heather couch of the finest, yet you talk as though the world were coming to an end."
"I'm sure this moor never will," sighed Joyce, reminded of his cigarettes, "we have been trudging it since eight in the morning, yet it still stretches to the back-of-beyond. Hai!"
The pedestrians were pronouncedly isolated. A moonless sky thickly jewelled with stars, arched over a treeless moor, far-stretching as the plain of Shinar. In the luminous summer twilight, the eye could see for a moderate distance, but to no clearly defined horizon; and the verge of sight was limited by vague shadows, hardly definite enough to be mists.
Contents
- 01Chapter I
- 02The House in the Pine Wood
- 03Chapter II
- 04De Mortuis Nil Nisi Malum
- 05Chapter III
- 06The Verdict of the Jury
- 07Chapter IV
- 08At Beorminster
- 09Chapter V
- 10The Theory of Mrs. Marsh
- 11Chapter VI
- 12"The Changeling"
- 13Chapter VII
- 14A Nine Days' Wonder
- 15Chapter VIII
- 16A Curious Discovery
- 17Chapter IX
- 18Herrick Is Suspicious
- 19Chapter X
- 20The Secret Writings
- 21Chapter XI
- 22Settling Down
- 23Chapter XII
- 24Second-Sight
- 25Chapter XIII
- 26The Wooing of Robin Joyce
- 27Chapter XIV
- 28The Confession of Bess
- 29Chapter XV
- 30Robin Joyce Explains Himself
- 31Chapter XVI
- 32Bess the Detective
- 33Chapter XVII
- 34Unexpected Evidence
- 35Chapter XVIII
- 36Part of the Truth
- 37Chapter XIX
- 38Don Manuel's Recollections
- 39Chapter XX
- 40The Revd. Pentland Corn
- 41Chapter XXI
- 42Another Mystery
- 43Chapter XXII
- 44A Message from the Dead
- 45Chapter XXIII
- 46The Unexpected Happens
- 47Chapter XXIV
- 48The Story of Frisco
- 49Chapter XXV
- 50Sidney Speaks Out
- 51Chapter XXVI
- 52The Truth
- 53Chapter XXVII
- 54A Final Surprise
- 55The End
About this edition
- Author
- Fergus Hume
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 389 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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