{"product_id":"2940013091641","title":"THE BOROUGH TREASURER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I BLACKMAIL,                            1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II CRIME--AND SUCCESS,                  11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III MURDER,                              21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV THE PINE WOOD,                       31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V THE CORD,                            41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI THE MAYOR,                           52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII NIGHT WORK,                          61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE,            71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX ANTECEDENTS,                         82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X THE HOLE IN THE THATCH,              91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI CHRISTOPHER PETT,                   101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII PARENTAL ANXIETY,                   111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII THE ANONYMOUS LETTER,               121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV THE SHEET OF FIGURES,               131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER,         141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI THE LONELY MOOR,                    149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII THE MEDICAL OPINION,                159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII THE SCRAP BOOK,                     171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX A TALL MAN IN GREY CLOTHES,         181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX AT BAY,                             191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI THE INTERRUPTED FLIGHT,             203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII THE HAND IN THE DARKNESS,           211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII COMFORTABLE CAPTIVITY,              221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV STRICT BUSINESS LINES,              231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV NO FURTHER EVIDENCE,                242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI THE VIRTUES OF SUSPICION,           251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII MR. WRAYTHWAITE OF WRAYE,           260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII PAGES FROM THE PAST,                269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX WITHOUT THOUGHT OF CONSEQUENCES,    277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXX COTHERSTONE,                        283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI THE BARRISTER'S FEE,                302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOROUGH TREASURER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLACKMAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf way along the north side of the main street of Highmarket an\u003cbr\u003eancient stone gateway, imposing enough to suggest that it was originally\u003cbr\u003ethe entrance to some castellated mansion or manor house, gave access to\u003cbr\u003ea square yard, flanked about by equally ancient buildings. What those\u003cbr\u003ebuildings had been used for in other days was not obvious to the casual\u003cbr\u003eand careless observer, but to the least observant their present use was\u003cbr\u003eobvious enough. Here were piles of timber from Norway; there were stacks\u003cbr\u003eof slate from Wales; here was marble from Aberdeen, and there cement\u003cbr\u003efrom Portland: the old chambers of the grey buildings were filled to\u003cbr\u003eoverflowing with all the things that go towards making a\u003cbr\u003ehouse--ironwork, zinc, lead, tiles, great coils of piping, stores of\u003cbr\u003edomestic appliances. And on a shining brass plate, set into the wall,\u003cbr\u003ejust within the gateway, were deeply engraven the words: _Mallalieu and\u003cbr\u003eCotherstone, Builders and Contractors_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhoever had walked into Mallalieu \u0026amp; Cotherstone's yard one October\u003cbr\u003eafternoon a few years ago would have seen Mallalieu and Cotherstone in\u003cbr\u003eperson. The two partners had come out of their office and gone down the\u003cbr\u003eyard to inspect half a dozen new carts, just finished, and now drawn up\u003cbr\u003ein all the glory of fresh paint. Mallalieu had designed those carts\u003cbr\u003ehimself, and he was now pointing out their advantages to Cotherstone,\u003cbr\u003ewho was more concerned with the book-keeping and letter-writing side of\u003cbr\u003ethe business than with its actual work. He was a big, fleshy man,\u003cbr\u003eMallalieu, midway between fifty and sixty, of a large, solemn,\u003cbr\u003ewell-satisfied countenance, small, sly eyes, and an expression of steady\u003cbr\u003ewatchfulness; his attire was always of the eminently respectable sort,\u003cbr\u003ehis linen fresh and glossy; the thick gold chain across his ample front,\u003cbr\u003eand the silk hat which he invariably wore, gave him an unmistakable air\u003cbr\u003eof prosperity. He stood now, the silk hat cocked a little to one side,\u003cbr\u003eone hand under the tail of his broadcloth coat, a pudgy finger of the\u003cbr\u003eother pointing to some new feature of the mechanism of the new carts,\u003cbr\u003eand he looked the personification of self-satisfaction and smug content.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079272644848,"sku":"2940013091641","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013091641_p0.jpg?v=1763587841","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013091641","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}