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Fans of golden-era mysteries will fall head over heels for the juicy case at the center of Edgar Wallace's The Daffodil Mystery. A young retail clerk suddenly resigns her position after being on the receiving end of a barrage of insults from a dissatisfied customer. Is there more to the story than mere hurt feelings?
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Table of contents
- THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY
- Contents
- Chapter I - An Offer Rejected
- Chapter II - The Hunter Declines His Quarry
- Chapter III - The Man Who Loved Lyne
- Chapter IV - Murder
- Chapter V - Found in Lyne's Pocket
- Chapter VI - The Mother of Odette Rider
- Chapter VII - The Woman in the Case
- Chapter VIII - The Silencing of Sam Stay
- Chapter IX - Where the Flowers Came From
- Chapter X - The Woman at Ashford
- Chapter XI - "Thornton Lyne is Dead"
- Chapter XII - The Hospital Book
- Chapter XIII - Two Shots in the Night
- Chapter XIV - The Search of Milburgh's Cottage
- Chapter XV - The Owner of the Pistol
- Chapter XVI - The Heir
- Chapter XVII - The Missing Revolver
- Chapter XVIII - The Finger Prints
- Chapter XIX - Ling Chu Tells the Truth
- Chapter XX - Mr. Milburgh Sees it Through
- Chapter XXI - Covering the Trail
- Chapter XXII - The Heavy Wallet
- Chapter XXIII - The Night Visitor
- Chapter XXIV - The Confession of Odette Rider
- Chapter XXV - Milburgh's Last Bluff
- Chapter XXVI - In Mrs. Rider's Room
- Chapter XXVII - The Laugh in the Night
- Chapter XXVIII - The Thumb-Print
- Chapter XXIX - The Theory of Ling Chu
- Chapter XXX - Who Killed Mrs. Rider?
- Chapter XXXI - Sam Stay Turns Up
- Chapter XXXII - The Diary of Thornton Lyne
- Chapter XXXIII - Ling Chu—Torturer
- Chapter XXXIV - The Arrest
- Chapter XXXV - Milburgh's Story
- Chapter XXXVI - At Highgate Cemetery
- Chapter XXXVII - Ling Chu Returns
- Chapter the Last - The Statement of Sam Stay
- Endnotes
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