The country club house The Whispering Pines was closed for the winter, but only one day after he locked the place personally, the narrator sees smoke come out of the chimney. He decides to investigate and enters the house. Hidden in the dark, he sees the sister of his fiance, the girl he secretly loves, run out of the house with tears in her eyes. Upstairs then, he discovers the dead body of his betrothed... (Introduction by Carolin)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Hesitating Step
22:32 - Chapter 2
It was She - She Indeed!
09:14 - Chapter 3
"Open!"
21:47 - Chapter 4
The Odd Candlestick
12:46 - Chapter 5
A Scrap of Paper
25:47 - Chapter 6
Comments and Reflections
13:32 - Chapter 7
Clifton Accepts my Case, part 1
19:35 - Chapter 8
Clifton Accepts my Case, part 2
19:45 - Chapter 9
A Chance! I Take It
14:20 - Chapter 10
"We Know of no Such Letter"
21:25 - Chapter 11
"I Can Help You"
16:53 - Chapter 12
In the Coach House
15:47 - Chapter 13
"Lila - Lila!"
14:52 - Chapter 14
"What We Want is Here"
09:33 - Chapter 15
The Motionless Figure
20:12 - Chapter 16
Helen Surprises Sweetwater
17:28 - Chapter 17
62 Cuthbert Road
22:21 - Chapter 18
"Must I Tell These Things?", part 1
21:14 - Chapter 19
"Must I Tell These Things?", part 2
19:18 - Chapter 20
On It was Written
07:14 - Chapter 21
"It's Not What You Will Find"
16:26 - Chapter 22
"He or You! There is no Third"
21:58 - Chapter 23
Carmel Awakes
09:55 - Chapter 24
"Break in the Glass!"
29:45 - Chapter 25
At Ten Instead of Twelve
25:38 - Chapter 26
All This Stood
16:45 - Chapter 27
"I am Innocent", part 1
23:17 - Chapter 28
"I am Innocent", part 2
26:25 - Chapter 29
The Syllable of Doom
27:58 - Chapter 30
Expectancy
04:25 - Chapter 31
"Where is my Brother?", part 1
18:57 - Chapter 32
"Where is my Brother?", part 2
17:14 - Chapter 33
"I Remembered the Room", part 1
19:26 - Chapter 34
"I Remembered the Room", part 2
22:09 - Chapter 35
"Choose", part 1
19:10 - Chapter 36
"Choose", part 2
16:31 - Chapter 37
"Were her Hands Crossed Then?"
27:16 - Chapter 38
And I had Said Nothing!
18:03 - Chapter 39
The Arrow of Death
30:29 - Chapter 40
"Steady!"
10:05 - Chapter 41
"As if It were a Mecca"
08:47 - Chapter 42
The Surcharged Moment
19:37