The Dead Assassin: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (43 page)

A
LSO BY
V
AUGHN
E
NTWISTLE

The Revenant of Thraxton Hall

The Angel of Highgate

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CONTENTS

T
ITLE
P
AGE

C
OPYRIGHT
N
OTICE

D
EDICATION

C
HAPTER 1.
M
URDER
M
OST
’O
RRIBLE

C
HAPTER 2.
T
HE
M
URDERER IN THE
C
UPBOARD

C
HAPTER 3.
F
ENIANS,
A
NARCHISTS, AND
D
YNAMITARDS

C
HAPTER 4.
T
HE
F
OG
C
OMMITTEE

C
HAPTER 5.
R
AISING
G
HOSTS

C
HAPTER 6.
A
N
I
LL-
T
IMED
L
ETTER

C
HAPTER 7.
S
HANGHAIED IN
W
ATERLOO

C
HAPTER 8.
A
M
ASSIVE
A
TTACK OF
H
EART

C
HAPTER 9.
J
EDIDIAH’S
E
MPORIUM OF
M
ECHANICAL
M
ARVELS

C
HAPTER 10.
A
W
ILDE
N
IGHT AT THE
T
HEATER

C
HAPTER 11.
A
N
U
NHOLY
R
ESURRECTION

C
HAPTER 12.
A
W
ONDERFUL
E
VENING
E
NDS
H
ORRIBLY

C
HAPTER 13.
T
HE
A
SSASSIN
K
ILLS
A
GAIN

C
HAPTER 14.
A
D
EEPLY
D
ISTURBING
D
ISCOVERY

C
HAPTER 15.
C
HECK AND
M
ATE

C
HAPTER 16.
L
OOK
U
PON
M
Y
W
ORKS AND
T
REMBLE

C
HAPTER 17.
A
D
ROWNED
O
PHELIA

C
HAPTER 18.
I
NVITATION TO AN
E
XECUTION

C
HAPTER 19.
R
IGHT
C
OFFIN,
W
RONG
C
ORPSE

C
HAPTER 20.
A
N
E
NCOUNTER IN A
P
ORNOGRAPHIC
B
OOKSHOP

C
HAPTER 21.
B
EFORE
R
IGOR
S
ETS
I
N

C
HAPTER 22.
C
AKES AND
C
ORPSES

C
HAPTER 23.
A
D
INNER
D
ATE TO
R
EMEMBER

C
HAPTER 24.
U
SELESS
F
RIENDS AND
D
ANGEROUS
D
RUGS

C
HAPTER 25.
D
ESCENT
I
NTO THE
U
NDERWORLD

C
HAPTER 26.
A
N
ICE
N
IGHT FOR A
D
ROWNING

C
HAPTER 27.
A
P
LEASANT
N
IGHT
C
RUISE UPON THE
T
HAMES

C
HAPTER 28.
T
HE
F
OG
D
ESCENDS

C
HAPTER 29.
T
HE
I
MPORTANCE OF
B
EING IN
D
EADLY
E
ARNEST

C
HAPTER 30.
C
HASING
M
ONSTERS

C
HAPTER 31.
A
T
OAST TO
D
EATH

C
HAPTER 32.
A
W
AGNERIAN
D
EATH

C
HAPTER 33.
A
S
UMMONS TO THE
P
ALACE

C
HAPTER 34.
T
HE
S
UN
B
REAKS
T
HROUGH

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

A
LSO BY
V
AUGHN
E
NTWISTLE

C
OPYRIGHT

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE DEAD ASSASSIN.
Copyright © 2015 by Vaughn Entwistle. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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ISBN 978-1-250-03506-6 (hardcover)

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e-ISBN 9781250035073

First Edition: June 2015