Part 1

DICK DONOVAN’S DETECTIVE STORIES.

Post 8vo. illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth, 2s. 6d. each. THE MAN-HUNTER. CAUGHT AT LAST! TRACKED AND TAKEN. A DETECTIVE’S TRIUMPHS. WHO POISONED HETTY DUNCAN? IN THE GRIP OF THE LAW. WANTED! LINK BY LINK. FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED. SUSPICION AROUSED DARK DEEDS. RIDDLES READ.

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TALES OF TERROR

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TALES OF TERROR

BY DICK DONOVAN

AUTHOR OF ‘A DETECTIVE’S TRIUMPHS’ ‘THE RECORDS OF VINCENT TRILL’ ETC.

LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1899

CONTENTS

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I. THE WOMAN WITH THE ‘OILY EYES’ 1

II. THE STORY OF ANNETTE: BEING THE SEQUEL TO THE WOMAN WITH THE ‘OILY EYES’ 41

III. THE CORPSE LIGHT 51

IV. THE RED LILY 66

V. THE PIRATE’S TREASURE 95

VI. THE LEGEND OF WOLFSPRING 117

VII. THE WHITE RAVEN 131

VIII. WITH FIRE AND DEATH 144

IX. THE SPECTRE OF RISLIP ABBEY 168

X. THE CAVE OF BLOOD 180

XI. A NIGHT OF HORROR 207

XII. THE ASTROLOGER 225

XIII. THE DANCE OF THE DEAD 243

XIV. THE MYSTIC SPELL 256

XV. THE DOOMED MAN 291