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David Brawn – The Mayfair Mystery: 2835 Mayfair (страница 1)

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Published by COLLINS CRIME CLUB

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

First published in Great Britain as 2835 Mayfair by Mitchell Kennerley 1907

Published as The Mayfair Mystery by The Detective Story Club Ltd

for Wm Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1929

Introduction © David Brawn 2015

Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1929, 2015

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008137083

Ebook Edition © August 2015 ISBN: 9780008137090

Version: 2015-07-06

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Chapter I: THE DEAD MAN

Chapter II: CONCERNING THE CORPSE

Chapter III: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CORPSE

Chapter IV: THE ALLEGED ADA

Chapter V: AT THE GRIDIRON

Chapter VI: THE TROUBLE WITH MINGEY

Chapter VII: MAINLY ABOUT LOVE

Chapter VIII: 2835 MAYFAIR

Chapter IX: 69 PEMBROKE STREET

Chapter X: THE MINGEY MYSTERY

Chapter XI: ‘PURE BROMPTON ROAD’

Chapter XII: AT THE CARLTON

Chapter XIII: A LITTLE DINNER

Chapter XIV: THE EVIDENCE OF NELLIE

Chapter XV: INSPECTOR JOHNSON

Chapter XVI: ‘UNCLE GUSSIE’

Chapter XVII: A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE

Chapter XVIII: JOHNSON AND BARLOW

Chapter XIX: THE DETECTIVES

Chapter XX: JOHNSON BECOMES BRIGHTER

Chapter XXI: NEWS OF SARAH

Chapter XXII: THE CURE FOR CANCER

Chapter XXIII: THE MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF SIR CLIFFORD OAKLEIGH