{"product_id":"2940013090477","title":"THE RAYNER-SLADE AMALGAMATION","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I THE MIDNIGHT RIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II THE DEAD MAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III THE SHOE BUCKLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV MR. FRANKLIN FULLAWAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V THE NASTIRSEVITCH JEWELS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI THE PRIMA DONNA'S PORTRAIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII THE FRANTIC IMPRESARIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII THE JEWEL BOX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX THE LADY'S MAID'S MOTHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X THE SECOND MURDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI THE RUSSIAN BANK-NOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII THE THIRD MURDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII AMBLER APPLEYARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV THE BAYSWATER BOARDING-HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI MR. GERALD RAYNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII THE PHOTOGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII DEFINITE SUSPICION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX THE LATE CALL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX NUMBER FIFTY-THREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI THE YOUNG MAN WHO LED PUGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII THICK FOG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII THE POSSIBLE DEATH WARRANT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV CONCERNING CARL FEDERMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV THE CARD ON THE DOOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI PARTICIPANTS IN THE SECRET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII THE MILLIONAIRE, THE STRANGER, AND THE PRINCESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII THE FIRST PURSUIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX THE PARCEL FROM HULL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXX THE PACKET IN THE SAFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI THE HYDE PARK TEA-HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXII THE CHILVERTON ANTI-CLIMAX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII THE SMART MISS SLADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXIV MERRIFIELD EXPLAINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXV THE ALLERDYKE WAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MIDNIGHT RIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout eleven o'clock on the night of Monday, May 12, 1914, Marshall\u003cbr\u003eAllerdyke, a bachelor of forty, a man of great mental and physical\u003cbr\u003eactivity, well known in Bradford as a highly successful manufacturer of\u003cbr\u003edress goods, alighted at the Central Station in that city from an\u003cbr\u003eexpress which had just arrived from Manchester, where he had spent the\u003cbr\u003eday on business. He had scarcely set foot on the platform when he was\u003cbr\u003econfronted by his chauffeur, a young man in a neat dark-green livery,\u003cbr\u003ewho took his master's travelling rug in one hand, while with the other\u003cbr\u003ehe held out an envelope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The housekeeper said I was to give you that as soon as you got in, sir,\"\u003cbr\u003ehe announced. \"There's a telegram in it that came at four o'clock this\u003cbr\u003eafternoon--she couldn't send it on, because she didn't know exactly where\u003cbr\u003eit would find you in Manchester.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllerdyke took the envelope, tore it open, drew out the telegram,\u003cbr\u003eand stepped beneath the nearest lamp. He muttered the wording of\u003cbr\u003ethe message--","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082180477168,"sku":"2940013090477","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013090477_p0.jpg?v=1763576646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013090477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}