An English country home during a house party becomes the scene of a double mystery. One of the three detectives employed on the case is a woman whose common sense, calm, and plain logic are skillfully employed in straightening the tangle. - NY Times Book Review, Aug 16, 1914.
Chapters
1 All on Account of a Necklace 7 min 2 Mr. Clavering Takes the Field 12 min 3 Where Had Meldrum Been? 12 min 4 Mr. Clavering Has a Night of Adventure 12 min 5 Mr. Robert Sylvester 15 min 6 Mr. Clavering Invades the North Wing 10 min 7 Surmises and Suspicions 14 min 8 More Mystery 14 min 9 Accusations 10 min 10 Mavis 7 min 11 The Clue of the Broken Crutch 13 min 12 The Dressing-Table Drawer 15 min 13 The Return of Robert Sylvester 12 min 14 Portstead's Will 16 min 15 Mr. Clavering Muddies His Boots 14 min 16 A Game of Piquet 11 min 17 Mr. Clavering Visits Wild Rose Villa 10 min 18 Cross Purposes 12 min 19 Thrust and Parry 16 min 20 Under Fire 21 min 21 Mary Grey Surprises Mr. Clavering 16 min 22 The Missing Lady's Maid 13 min 23 Mercedes Quero to the Fore 11 min 24 ''The Sporting Baronet'' 7 min 25 Mr. Clavering Learns More of Detective Methods 13 min 26 The Confession 17 min 27 Off for the Continent 12 min
