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He looked as if he meant it too. I was awfully relieved when he went away.
I watched him as he went back to the car, leant inside and took away the ignition key. I prayed that he would not open the bonnet of the car. I sighed with relief and happiness when he did not. Then he began to walk quickly along the road.
I leaned up against the tree for a moment. I thought that life could sometimes be very funny. I wondered what he would have said if I had told him that he had driven my Jaguar away from the party; that the packet of documents was under the driver’s seat; that he’d been sitting on them most of the evening!
I calculated that by this time he would be half-way to the other car. I hurried round the edge of the green, keeping in the shadows, to my car. I opened the door, got in, opened the cubby trap in the dash-board and found my spare ignition key that I always keep there.
Then I got out, pulled up the driving seat and sighed with relief when I saw the packet of papers where I’d put it. I got back, started up the car and drove like a fiend down the road towards Brockham. I knew that the house I was looking for was near Brockham Green — the last house on this road. I imagined Captain Stenning trying to start up the other car; not being able to; feverishly examining it to discover what was wrong and then finding out that it was his car and with a smashed petrol pipe.
I began to feel just a little bit odd. This is the time. I thought, when the danger is all over, that a woman is entitled to faint. I came to the conclusion that I was not going to do anything of the sort. But I felt awfully relieved when I saw the white house with the gables and the red roof and swung the car into the drive.
THE people to whom I had to give the documents were very nice, and it was one o’clock, and after I’d eaten a sandwich and drunk a small glass of whisky and soda, I thought I might ring up Sir Charles.
He came on the line in a hurry. He said: ‘By jove, Adela, you’ve been having an evening, haven’t you? The police at Dorking came through to me and gave me your message, after they’d got the so-called Delayn. I sent a couple of men down at once. Incidentally, they’ve picked up Stenning too. Apparently they found him wandering about near the railway station trying to get away. It seems he hadn’t any means of transport. Are you all right? I expect you are, knowing you. And what happened?’
‘It’s a long story,’ I told him. ‘I’ll tell you tomorrow when I see you. It might have been rather nasty except for the fact that Stenning was driving a Jaguar — exactly the same model as mine — and I stopped at a party to get the quickest route and someone moved the cars and Stenning got into my car thinking it was his own and drove down here to meet Delayn who was to follow me down. I do hope that someone will tell Stenning that he was sitting on the documents all the time!’
He said: ‘You’ve been pretty good. I’ll buy you a new hat tomorrow.’
‘You’ll buy me half-a-dozen new hats,’ I told him. ‘I suppose Delayn and Stenning were Nazis?’
‘Of course,’ he said. ‘Two very clever agents. They’ve been here for a long time apparently. Members of the Werewolf organisation. You know, Adela, I wouldn’t have put you on this job if I’d the slightest idea that they were on the look-out for you.’
‘Of course not, Charles,’ I answered brightly. ‘You’d have put a tough man on the job, wouldn’t you? Someone with brains, I’ve no doubt. Is that what you mean?’
He said: ‘Er.... No, I didn’t mean that at all.’
‘You better hadn’t mean it,’ I murmured. ‘Otherwise I’ll have to buy a dozen new hats. Good night, Charles, and no thanks to you that I’m still alive and all in one piece.’
‘You’re my best operative, Adela,’ he said. ‘I don’t know what I’d do without you.’
I said good night and rang off. Then I thought I’d get through to Yvette. Her parties always go on until the small hours.
When she came on the line I said: ‘I took that book Crimson Rambler away from your hall, Yvette. I’ll bring it hack tomorrow.’
She said: ‘Don’t worry, darling. It’s a most uninteresting book — no use to anyone. By the way, did you find your golf course all right? Whatever did you want with a golf course at that time of night?’
‘I just wanted to think, sweet,’ I said. ‘I like wide open spaces.’
She said vaguely: ‘Do you, dear? Well, of course you know. Don’t you think that Major Delayn and Captain Stenning were awfully nice people? I wonder who asked them. I didn’t.’
‘Maybe they just dropped in on the off-chance of meeting someone they knew,’ I said. ‘Perhaps they saw me arrive and slipped in quickly. I think they were fearfully nice.’
‘And so psychic,’ said Yvette. ‘What did Delayn tell you when he took you aside at my party?’
‘Nothing much,’ I said. ‘He said that he thought he was going away for a very long time.’
‘How odd,’ she said. ‘Well.... good night, dearest.’
I hung up the receiver and went outside. The Jaguar was parked just inside the drive. I got into it, switched on and started for London.
I said: ‘Well, Jaguar, I’m awfully glad that you were the tiger at twelve. I don’t know what I’d have done without you.’
The Short Stories
Chesham Place, Belgravia, London — Cheyney lived in a flat here for many years
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
IT DOESN’T HURT MUCH!
SWEET CONGA
YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK
SOUVENIR
YOU CAN’T HIT A WOMAN
THE DEATH ON PANHANDLE
A SQUARE DEAL
THE MAN WITH THE RED BEARD
ABIE ALWAYS PAYS
A DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS
THE BUMP-OFF
ABIE AND THE GANGSTERS
THREE MEN ON TAMPA
A SET-UP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
THE DE LANIER TECHNIQUE
ABIE IN HOLLYWOOD
THE WEEPING LADY
THE PIN
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
THE MAN WITH THE EYEGLASS
INFORMATION RECEIVED
THE GIGOLO
THE LAST STRAW
A LIFE FOR A LAMP
DEATH IN THE LIFT
CHICAGO PAY-OFF
OF HONORIA DOVE-MELLIFLEUR
OF THE DEMISE OF MR. EVELYN SOUT
OF THE RECLAMATION OF CAPTAIN KYDD
OF THE VENGEANCE OF HYACINTH JONES
OF PERFUME AND SUDDEN DEATH
OF AN EXPERIENCE OF PIERRE DUCHESNE
OF A DELAY IN THE POST
OF A LADY OF QUALITY
OF PASTORAL BLACKMAIL
OF THE DREAM OF ERASMUS BAILEY; OR, ESTEBAN
OF THE KING OF TARRAGONA
THEY HAD AN ALIBI
THE HEAT FOR SIX
HEY... DUCHESS!
BIG-TIME STUFF
THE WINE GLASS
AIN’T LOVE A SCREAM
PORTRAIT OF A “G” MAN
THEY HAD IT COMIN’
ACCOUNT RENDERED
YOU CAN’T TRUST DUCHESSES
THE DATE AFTER DARK
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
THE GUESS COMES OFF
MURDER WITH A TWIST
ONE FOR THE HEIRESS
SOB STUFF
HEY... SHERLOCK!
FROM THE NECK UP
DAMES ARE SO DIZZY
DUET FOR MOBSTERS
THE BIG SHOT
THE MOUTHPIECE TALKS
FIFTH COLUMN
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID
BLACK-OUT
DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC
ON THE CARDS
MAYFAIR MELODY
THE PERFUMED GHOST
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER
NOT SO DUMB
WE GIRLS MUST HANG TOGETHER
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
TRUTH IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE
ADVICE TO YOUNG AUTHORS
SUGGESTIONS FOR CRITICS
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
AFTER FIESTA
THE CALLAGHAN TOUCH
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK
ANALYSIS OR BARE SYNOPSIS
MONTAGE
CLIMAX
WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
GENERAL TECHNIQUE
GENERAL NOTE
OF WIVES AND MISTRESSES
GREEN IN MY EYE
THE DARK STREET
PARIS CRIME
UNDERGROUND “BABIES”
LEMMY CAUTION REPLIES:
LA BELLE DAME SANS SOUCI
A LETTER FROM HOLLAND
YOU CAN’T TRUST HUSBANDS
STREET SHADOW
PIRATE SHANTY (1)
PIRATE SHANTY (2)
THE GYPSY WARNED ME
OLD LOVE
BIRTHDAY FOR CALLAGHAN
ANGEL IN THE SKY
VELVET JOHNNIE
A MATTER OF CO-OPERATION
SWEET MURDER AT FIGG’S END
DELAYED ACTION
AT THE GRAPE-VINE
LOVE AND LARCENY
ACCOUNT OVERDUE
LADY IN LUCK
THIS INTUITION BUSINESS
A TOUGH SPOT FOR CUPID
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE
THIS ‘OTHER WOMAN’ STUFF
HE WALKED IN HER SLEEP
THE LADY IN GREEN
THE MURDER OF ALONZO
LUCK — AND A LADY
SOLD!
THE WO HANG COFFIN
THE RETURN OF KLAAT
THE DIAMOND SCARAB
CLASH WITH DR. KLAAT
THE BITER BIT
THE PEACOCK FAN
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST
CHINESE MUSIC
THE BLACK MANTILLA
THE MISSING REMBRANDT
TOO MANY CROOKS
ALONZO — SPORTSMAN
THE HOUSE WITH THE YELLOW BRICK
THE MAUSER PISTOL
THE MYSTERY BLUES
THE THREE GREY MEN OF MOTE HALL
THE UNHAPPY LADY
THE HOUSE WITH THE GLASS ROOF
TO HIM WHO “WAITS”
A MATTER OF LUCK
THE LUCKY CHANCE
THE NET OF DOCTOR KLAAT
LOVE WITH A GUN
EXIT PERMIT
FAST WORK
GANGSTER STUFF
GETLIN’S PERFECT SUICIDE
POETS CAN’T TAKE IT
THE SLEEPING CAR
A WOMAN SCORNED
A MATTER OF HABIT
CHRISTMAS FOR CALLAGHAN
THE ARREST (1926)
THE DOPE LADY (1928)
CHRISTMAS WITH A PUNCH (1931)
THE SNOWBALL (1935)
THE PHILOSOPHER (1936)
NICE WORK (1936)
WISDOM OF THE SERPENT (1938)
PEARLS BEFORE TIME (1939)
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID (1939)
ACES HIGH (1942)
ESCAPE FOR SANDRA (1945)
COCKTAIL FOR CUPID (1946)
COCKTAIL PARTY (1948)
THE GYPSY WARNED ME (1951)
BREAD UPON THE WATERS (1953)
THE TIGER AT TWELVE (1954)
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
A DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS
A LETTER FROM HOLLAND
A LIFE FOR A LAMP
A MATTER OF CO-OPERATION
A MATTER OF HABIT
A MATTER OF LUCK
A SET-UP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
A SQUARE DEAL
A TOUGH SPOT FOR CUPID
A WOMAN SCORNED
ABIE ALWAYS PAYS
ABIE AND THE GANGSTERS
ABIE IN HOLLYWOOD
ACCOUNT OVERDUE
ACCOUNT RENDERED
ACES HIGH (1942)
ADVICE TO YOUNG AUTHORS
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
AFTER FIESTA
AIN’T LOVE A SCREAM
ALONZO — SPORTSMAN
ANALYSIS OR BARE SYNOPSIS
ANGEL IN THE SKY
AT THE GRAPE-VINE
BIG-TIME STUFF
BIRTHDAY FOR CALLAGHAN
BLACK-OUT
BREAD UPON THE WATERS (1953)
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID (1939)
CHICAGO PAY-OFF
CHINESE MUSIC
CHRISTMAS FOR CALLAGHAN
CHRISTMAS WITH A PUNCH (1931)
CLASH WITH DR. KLAAT
CLIMAX
COCKTAIL FOR CUPID (1946)
COCKTAIL PARTY (1948)
DAMES ARE SO DIZZY
DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC
DEATH IN THE LIFT
DELAYED ACTION
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
DUET FOR MOBSTERS
ESCAPE FOR SANDRA (1945)
EXIT PERMIT
FAST WORK
FIFTH COLUMN
FROM THE NECK UP
GANGSTER STUFF
GENERAL NOTE
GENERAL TECHNIQUE
GETLIN’S PERFECT SUICIDE
GREEN IN MY EYE
HE WALKED IN HER SLEEP
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST
HEY... DUCHESS!
HEY... SHERLOCK!
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER
INFORMATION RECEIVED
IT DOESN’T HURT MUCH!
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
LA BELLE DAME SANS SOUCI
LADY IN LUCK
LEMMY CAUTION REPLIES:
LOVE AND LARCENY
LOVE WITH A GUN
LUCK — AND A LADY
MAYFAIR MELODY
MONTAGE
MURDER WITH A TWIST
NICE WORK (1936)
NOT SO DUMB
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE
OF A DELAY IN THE POST
OF A LADY OF QUALITY
OF AN EXPERIENCE OF PIERRE DUCHESNE
OF HONORIA DOVE-MELLIFLEUR
OF PASTORAL BLACKMAIL
OF PERFUME AND SUDDEN DEATH
OF THE DEMISE OF MR. EVELYN SOUT
OF THE DREAM OF ERASMUS BAILEY; OR, ESTEBAN
OF THE KING OF TARRAGONA
OF THE RECLAMATION OF CAPTAIN KYDD
OF THE VENGEANCE OF HYACINTH JONES
OF WIVES AND MISTRESSES
OLD LOVE
ON THE CARDS
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
ONE FOR THE HEIRESS
PARIS CRIME
PEARLS BEFORE TIME (1939)
PIRATE SHANTY (1)
PIRATE SHANTY (2)
POETS CAN’T TAKE IT
PORTRAIT OF A “G” MAN
SOB STUFF
SOLD!
SOUVENIR
STREET SHADOW
SUGGESTIONS FOR CRITICS
SWEET CONGA
SWEET MURDER AT FIGG’S END
THE ARREST (1926)
THE BIG SHOT
THE BITER BIT
THE BLACK MANTILLA
THE BUMP-OFF
THE CALLAGHAN TOUCH
THE DARK STREET
THE DATE AFTER DARK
THE DE LANIER TECHNIQUE
THE DEATH ON PANHANDLE
THE DIAMOND SCARAB
THE DOPE LADY (1928)
THE GIGOLO
THE GUESS COMES OFF
THE GYPSY WARNED ME
THE GYPSY WARNED ME (1951)
THE HEAT FOR SIX
THE HOUSE WITH THE GLASS ROOF
THE HOUSE WITH THE YELLOW BRICK
THE LADY IN GREEN
THE LAST STRAW
THE LUCKY CHANCE
THE MAN WITH THE EYEGLASS
THE MAN WITH THE RED BEARD
THE MAUSER PISTOL
THE MISSING REMBRANDT
THE MOUTHPIECE TALKS
THE MURDER OF ALONZO
THE MYSTERY BLUES
THE NET OF DOCTOR KLAAT
THE PEACOCK FAN
THE PERFUMED GHOST
THE PHILOSOPHER (1936)
THE PIN
THE RETURN OF KLAAT
THE SLEEPING CAR
THE SNOWBALL (1935)
THE THREE GREY MEN OF MOTE HALL
THE TIGER AT TWELVE (1954)
THE UNHAPPY LADY
THE WEEPING LADY
THE WINE GLASS
THE WO HANG COFFIN
THEY HAD AN ALIBI
THEY HAD IT COMIN’
THIS ‘OTHER WOMAN’ STUFF
THIS INTUITION BUSINESS
THREE MEN ON TAMPA
TO HIM WHO “WAITS”
TOO MANY CROOKS
TRUTH IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE
UNDERGROUND “BABIES”
VELVET JOHNNIE
WE GIRLS MUST HANG TOGETHER
WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
WISDOM OF THE SERPENT (1938)
YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK
YOU CAN’T HIT A WOMAN
YOU CAN’T TRUST DUCHESSES
YOU CAN’T TRUST HUSBANDS
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
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I watched him as he went back to the car, leant inside and took away the ignition key. I prayed that he would not open the bonnet of the car. I sighed with relief and happiness when he did not. Then he began to walk quickly along the road.
I leaned up against the tree for a moment. I thought that life could sometimes be very funny. I wondered what he would have said if I had told him that he had driven my Jaguar away from the party; that the packet of documents was under the driver’s seat; that he’d been sitting on them most of the evening!
I calculated that by this time he would be half-way to the other car. I hurried round the edge of the green, keeping in the shadows, to my car. I opened the door, got in, opened the cubby trap in the dash-board and found my spare ignition key that I always keep there.
Then I got out, pulled up the driving seat and sighed with relief when I saw the packet of papers where I’d put it. I got back, started up the car and drove like a fiend down the road towards Brockham. I knew that the house I was looking for was near Brockham Green — the last house on this road. I imagined Captain Stenning trying to start up the other car; not being able to; feverishly examining it to discover what was wrong and then finding out that it was his car and with a smashed petrol pipe.
I began to feel just a little bit odd. This is the time. I thought, when the danger is all over, that a woman is entitled to faint. I came to the conclusion that I was not going to do anything of the sort. But I felt awfully relieved when I saw the white house with the gables and the red roof and swung the car into the drive.
THE people to whom I had to give the documents were very nice, and it was one o’clock, and after I’d eaten a sandwich and drunk a small glass of whisky and soda, I thought I might ring up Sir Charles.
He came on the line in a hurry. He said: ‘By jove, Adela, you’ve been having an evening, haven’t you? The police at Dorking came through to me and gave me your message, after they’d got the so-called Delayn. I sent a couple of men down at once. Incidentally, they’ve picked up Stenning too. Apparently they found him wandering about near the railway station trying to get away. It seems he hadn’t any means of transport. Are you all right? I expect you are, knowing you. And what happened?’
‘It’s a long story,’ I told him. ‘I’ll tell you tomorrow when I see you. It might have been rather nasty except for the fact that Stenning was driving a Jaguar — exactly the same model as mine — and I stopped at a party to get the quickest route and someone moved the cars and Stenning got into my car thinking it was his own and drove down here to meet Delayn who was to follow me down. I do hope that someone will tell Stenning that he was sitting on the documents all the time!’
He said: ‘You’ve been pretty good. I’ll buy you a new hat tomorrow.’
‘You’ll buy me half-a-dozen new hats,’ I told him. ‘I suppose Delayn and Stenning were Nazis?’
‘Of course,’ he said. ‘Two very clever agents. They’ve been here for a long time apparently. Members of the Werewolf organisation. You know, Adela, I wouldn’t have put you on this job if I’d the slightest idea that they were on the look-out for you.’
‘Of course not, Charles,’ I answered brightly. ‘You’d have put a tough man on the job, wouldn’t you? Someone with brains, I’ve no doubt. Is that what you mean?’
He said: ‘Er.... No, I didn’t mean that at all.’
‘You better hadn’t mean it,’ I murmured. ‘Otherwise I’ll have to buy a dozen new hats. Good night, Charles, and no thanks to you that I’m still alive and all in one piece.’
‘You’re my best operative, Adela,’ he said. ‘I don’t know what I’d do without you.’
I said good night and rang off. Then I thought I’d get through to Yvette. Her parties always go on until the small hours.
When she came on the line I said: ‘I took that book Crimson Rambler away from your hall, Yvette. I’ll bring it hack tomorrow.’
She said: ‘Don’t worry, darling. It’s a most uninteresting book — no use to anyone. By the way, did you find your golf course all right? Whatever did you want with a golf course at that time of night?’
‘I just wanted to think, sweet,’ I said. ‘I like wide open spaces.’
She said vaguely: ‘Do you, dear? Well, of course you know. Don’t you think that Major Delayn and Captain Stenning were awfully nice people? I wonder who asked them. I didn’t.’
‘Maybe they just dropped in on the off-chance of meeting someone they knew,’ I said. ‘Perhaps they saw me arrive and slipped in quickly. I think they were fearfully nice.’
‘And so psychic,’ said Yvette. ‘What did Delayn tell you when he took you aside at my party?’
‘Nothing much,’ I said. ‘He said that he thought he was going away for a very long time.’
‘How odd,’ she said. ‘Well.... good night, dearest.’
I hung up the receiver and went outside. The Jaguar was parked just inside the drive. I got into it, switched on and started for London.
I said: ‘Well, Jaguar, I’m awfully glad that you were the tiger at twelve. I don’t know what I’d have done without you.’
The Short Stories
Chesham Place, Belgravia, London — Cheyney lived in a flat here for many years
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
IT DOESN’T HURT MUCH!
SWEET CONGA
YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK
SOUVENIR
YOU CAN’T HIT A WOMAN
THE DEATH ON PANHANDLE
A SQUARE DEAL
THE MAN WITH THE RED BEARD
ABIE ALWAYS PAYS
A DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS
THE BUMP-OFF
ABIE AND THE GANGSTERS
THREE MEN ON TAMPA
A SET-UP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
THE DE LANIER TECHNIQUE
ABIE IN HOLLYWOOD
THE WEEPING LADY
THE PIN
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
THE MAN WITH THE EYEGLASS
INFORMATION RECEIVED
THE GIGOLO
THE LAST STRAW
A LIFE FOR A LAMP
DEATH IN THE LIFT
CHICAGO PAY-OFF
OF HONORIA DOVE-MELLIFLEUR
OF THE DEMISE OF MR. EVELYN SOUT
OF THE RECLAMATION OF CAPTAIN KYDD
OF THE VENGEANCE OF HYACINTH JONES
OF PERFUME AND SUDDEN DEATH
OF AN EXPERIENCE OF PIERRE DUCHESNE
OF A DELAY IN THE POST
OF A LADY OF QUALITY
OF PASTORAL BLACKMAIL
OF THE DREAM OF ERASMUS BAILEY; OR, ESTEBAN
OF THE KING OF TARRAGONA
THEY HAD AN ALIBI
THE HEAT FOR SIX
HEY... DUCHESS!
BIG-TIME STUFF
THE WINE GLASS
AIN’T LOVE A SCREAM
PORTRAIT OF A “G” MAN
THEY HAD IT COMIN’
ACCOUNT RENDERED
YOU CAN’T TRUST DUCHESSES
THE DATE AFTER DARK
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
THE GUESS COMES OFF
MURDER WITH A TWIST
ONE FOR THE HEIRESS
SOB STUFF
HEY... SHERLOCK!
FROM THE NECK UP
DAMES ARE SO DIZZY
DUET FOR MOBSTERS
THE BIG SHOT
THE MOUTHPIECE TALKS
FIFTH COLUMN
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID
BLACK-OUT
DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC
ON THE CARDS
MAYFAIR MELODY
THE PERFUMED GHOST
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER
NOT SO DUMB
WE GIRLS MUST HANG TOGETHER
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
TRUTH IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE
ADVICE TO YOUNG AUTHORS
SUGGESTIONS FOR CRITICS
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
AFTER FIESTA
THE CALLAGHAN TOUCH
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK
ANALYSIS OR BARE SYNOPSIS
MONTAGE
CLIMAX
WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
GENERAL TECHNIQUE
GENERAL NOTE
OF WIVES AND MISTRESSES
GREEN IN MY EYE
THE DARK STREET
PARIS CRIME
UNDERGROUND “BABIES”
LEMMY CAUTION REPLIES:
LA BELLE DAME SANS SOUCI
A LETTER FROM HOLLAND
YOU CAN’T TRUST HUSBANDS
STREET SHADOW
PIRATE SHANTY (1)
PIRATE SHANTY (2)
THE GYPSY WARNED ME
OLD LOVE
BIRTHDAY FOR CALLAGHAN
ANGEL IN THE SKY
VELVET JOHNNIE
A MATTER OF CO-OPERATION
SWEET MURDER AT FIGG’S END
DELAYED ACTION
AT THE GRAPE-VINE
LOVE AND LARCENY
ACCOUNT OVERDUE
LADY IN LUCK
THIS INTUITION BUSINESS
A TOUGH SPOT FOR CUPID
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE
THIS ‘OTHER WOMAN’ STUFF
HE WALKED IN HER SLEEP
THE LADY IN GREEN
THE MURDER OF ALONZO
LUCK — AND A LADY
SOLD!
THE WO HANG COFFIN
THE RETURN OF KLAAT
THE DIAMOND SCARAB
CLASH WITH DR. KLAAT
THE BITER BIT
THE PEACOCK FAN
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST
CHINESE MUSIC
THE BLACK MANTILLA
THE MISSING REMBRANDT
TOO MANY CROOKS
ALONZO — SPORTSMAN
THE HOUSE WITH THE YELLOW BRICK
THE MAUSER PISTOL
THE MYSTERY BLUES
THE THREE GREY MEN OF MOTE HALL
THE UNHAPPY LADY
THE HOUSE WITH THE GLASS ROOF
TO HIM WHO “WAITS”
A MATTER OF LUCK
THE LUCKY CHANCE
THE NET OF DOCTOR KLAAT
LOVE WITH A GUN
EXIT PERMIT
FAST WORK
GANGSTER STUFF
GETLIN’S PERFECT SUICIDE
POETS CAN’T TAKE IT
THE SLEEPING CAR
A WOMAN SCORNED
A MATTER OF HABIT
CHRISTMAS FOR CALLAGHAN
THE ARREST (1926)
THE DOPE LADY (1928)
CHRISTMAS WITH A PUNCH (1931)
THE SNOWBALL (1935)
THE PHILOSOPHER (1936)
NICE WORK (1936)
WISDOM OF THE SERPENT (1938)
PEARLS BEFORE TIME (1939)
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID (1939)
ACES HIGH (1942)
ESCAPE FOR SANDRA (1945)
COCKTAIL FOR CUPID (1946)
COCKTAIL PARTY (1948)
THE GYPSY WARNED ME (1951)
BREAD UPON THE WATERS (1953)
THE TIGER AT TWELVE (1954)
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
A DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS
A LETTER FROM HOLLAND
A LIFE FOR A LAMP
A MATTER OF CO-OPERATION
A MATTER OF HABIT
A MATTER OF LUCK
A SET-UP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
A SQUARE DEAL
A TOUGH SPOT FOR CUPID
A WOMAN SCORNED
ABIE ALWAYS PAYS
ABIE AND THE GANGSTERS
ABIE IN HOLLYWOOD
ACCOUNT OVERDUE
ACCOUNT RENDERED
ACES HIGH (1942)
ADVICE TO YOUNG AUTHORS
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
AFTER FIESTA
AIN’T LOVE A SCREAM
ALONZO — SPORTSMAN
ANALYSIS OR BARE SYNOPSIS
ANGEL IN THE SKY
AT THE GRAPE-VINE
BIG-TIME STUFF
BIRTHDAY FOR CALLAGHAN
BLACK-OUT
BREAD UPON THE WATERS (1953)
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID
CALLAGHAN PLUS CUPID (1939)
CHICAGO PAY-OFF
CHINESE MUSIC
CHRISTMAS FOR CALLAGHAN
CHRISTMAS WITH A PUNCH (1931)
CLASH WITH DR. KLAAT
CLIMAX
COCKTAIL FOR CUPID (1946)
COCKTAIL PARTY (1948)
DAMES ARE SO DIZZY
DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC
DEATH IN THE LIFT
DELAYED ACTION
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
DUET FOR MOBSTERS
ESCAPE FOR SANDRA (1945)
EXIT PERMIT
FAST WORK
FIFTH COLUMN
FROM THE NECK UP
GANGSTER STUFF
GENERAL NOTE
GENERAL TECHNIQUE
GETLIN’S PERFECT SUICIDE
GREEN IN MY EYE
HE WALKED IN HER SLEEP
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST
HEY... DUCHESS!
HEY... SHERLOCK!
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER
INFORMATION RECEIVED
IT DOESN’T HURT MUCH!
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
LA BELLE DAME SANS SOUCI
LADY IN LUCK
LEMMY CAUTION REPLIES:
LOVE AND LARCENY
LOVE WITH A GUN
LUCK — AND A LADY
MAYFAIR MELODY
MONTAGE
MURDER WITH A TWIST
NICE WORK (1936)
NOT SO DUMB
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE
OF A DELAY IN THE POST
OF A LADY OF QUALITY
OF AN EXPERIENCE OF PIERRE DUCHESNE
OF HONORIA DOVE-MELLIFLEUR
OF PASTORAL BLACKMAIL
OF PERFUME AND SUDDEN DEATH
OF THE DEMISE OF MR. EVELYN SOUT
OF THE DREAM OF ERASMUS BAILEY; OR, ESTEBAN
OF THE KING OF TARRAGONA
OF THE RECLAMATION OF CAPTAIN KYDD
OF THE VENGEANCE OF HYACINTH JONES
OF WIVES AND MISTRESSES
OLD LOVE
ON THE CARDS
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
ONE FOR THE HEIRESS
PARIS CRIME
PEARLS BEFORE TIME (1939)
PIRATE SHANTY (1)
PIRATE SHANTY (2)
POETS CAN’T TAKE IT
PORTRAIT OF A “G” MAN
SOB STUFF
SOLD!
SOUVENIR
STREET SHADOW
SUGGESTIONS FOR CRITICS
SWEET CONGA
SWEET MURDER AT FIGG’S END
THE ARREST (1926)
THE BIG SHOT
THE BITER BIT
THE BLACK MANTILLA
THE BUMP-OFF
THE CALLAGHAN TOUCH
THE DARK STREET
THE DATE AFTER DARK
THE DE LANIER TECHNIQUE
THE DEATH ON PANHANDLE
THE DIAMOND SCARAB
THE DOPE LADY (1928)
THE GIGOLO
THE GUESS COMES OFF
THE GYPSY WARNED ME
THE GYPSY WARNED ME (1951)
THE HEAT FOR SIX
THE HOUSE WITH THE GLASS ROOF
THE HOUSE WITH THE YELLOW BRICK
THE LADY IN GREEN
THE LAST STRAW
THE LUCKY CHANCE
THE MAN WITH THE EYEGLASS
THE MAN WITH THE RED BEARD
THE MAUSER PISTOL
THE MISSING REMBRANDT
THE MOUTHPIECE TALKS
THE MURDER OF ALONZO
THE MYSTERY BLUES
THE NET OF DOCTOR KLAAT
THE PEACOCK FAN
THE PERFUMED GHOST
THE PHILOSOPHER (1936)
THE PIN
THE RETURN OF KLAAT
THE SLEEPING CAR
THE SNOWBALL (1935)
THE THREE GREY MEN OF MOTE HALL
THE TIGER AT TWELVE (1954)
THE UNHAPPY LADY
THE WEEPING LADY
THE WINE GLASS
THE WO HANG COFFIN
THEY HAD AN ALIBI
THEY HAD IT COMIN’
THIS ‘OTHER WOMAN’ STUFF
THIS INTUITION BUSINESS
THREE MEN ON TAMPA
TO HIM WHO “WAITS”
TOO MANY CROOKS
TRUTH IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE
UNDERGROUND “BABIES”
VELVET JOHNNIE
WE GIRLS MUST HANG TOGETHER
WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
WISDOM OF THE SERPENT (1938)
YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK
YOU CAN’T HIT A WOMAN
YOU CAN’T TRUST DUCHESSES
YOU CAN’T TRUST HUSBANDS
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
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Series Contents
Series One
Anton Chekhov
Charles Dickens
D. H. Lawrence
Dickensiana Volume I
Edgar Allan Poe
Elizabeth Gaskell
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
George Eliot
H. G. Wells
Henry James
Ivan Turgenev
Jack London
James Joyce
Jane Austen
Joseph Conrad
Leo Tolstoy
Louisa May Alcott
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Walter Scott
The Brontës
Thomas Hardy
Virginia Woolf
Wilkie Collins
William Makepeace Thackeray
Series Two
Alexander Pushkin
Alexandre Dumas
Andrew Lang
Anthony Trollope
Bram Stoker
Christopher Marlowe
Daniel Defoe
Edith Wharton
F. Scott Fitzgerald
