THE RIDDLE OF THE FROZEN FLAME
By MARY E. and THOMAS W. HANSHEW
Author of "Cleek, the Man of Forty Faces," "Cleek of ScotlandYard," "Cleek's Government Cases," "The Riddle of the Night," "The Riddleof the Purple Emperor."
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY WALTER DE MARIS
A.L. BURT COMPANY
New York
Published by arrangement with Doubleday, Page & Company
COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. The Law
CHAPTER II. The Frozen Flames
CHAPTER III. Sunshine and Shadow
CHAPTER IV. An Evil Genius
CHAPTER V. The Spectre at the Feast
CHAPTER VI. A Shot in the Dark
CHAPTER VII. The Watcher in the Shadow
CHAPTER VIII. The Victim
CHAPTER IX. The Second Victim
CHAPTER X. —And the Lady
CHAPTER XI. The Secret of the Flames
CHAPTER XII. "As a Thief in the Night—"
CHAPTER XIII. A Gruesome Discovery
CHAPTER XIV. The Spin of the Wheel
CHAPTER XV. A Startling Disclosure
CHAPTER XVI. Trapped!
CHAPTER XVII. In the Cell
CHAPTER XVIII. Possible Excitement
CHAPTER XIX. What Took Place at "The Pig and Whistle"
CHAPTER XX. At the Inquest
CHAPTER XXI. Questions—and Answers
CHAPTER XXII. A New Departure
CHAPTER XXIII. Prisoners
CHAPTER XXIV. In the Dark
CHAPTER XXV. The Web of Circumstance
CHAPTER XXVI. Justice—and Justification
CHAPTER XXVII. The Solving of the Riddle
CHAPTER XXVIII. "Toward Morning ..."
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
CHAPTER I
THE LAW
Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before thelitter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face redwith anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached theend of his tether.
He faced the man opposite, and fairly ground his teeth upon his lowerlip.
"Dash it, Cleek!" he said for the thirty-third time, "I don't know whatto make of it, I don't, indeed! The thing's at a deadlock. Hammondreports to me this morning that another