Riddle Of The Purple Emperor

Riddle of the Purple Emperor

by Thomas W. Hanshew

Lady Margaret Cheyne returns home on her eighteenth birthday to inherit her family's jewels, including a priceless pendant featuring the Purple Emperor, a gemstone looted from a temple during the Indian Mutiny. But her homecoming is overshadowed by a series of mysterious and sinister events. Meanwhile, her love for Sir Edgar Brenton is complicated by the arrival of Ailsa Lorne in their village. Enter Hamilton Cleek, the enigmatic detective known as the 'Man of the Forty Faces', who, alongside Superintendent Narkom, embarks on a journey to unravel the tangled threads of intrigue, deceit, and danger surrounding the Cheyne family and the coveted jewel.

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2: 02 - Chapter II The Home-Coming
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3: 03 - Chapter III In the Dark
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4: 04 - Chapter IV The House of Shadows
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5: 05 - Chapter V The Threads of Chance
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6: 06 - Chapter VI The Cry in the Night
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7: 07 - Chapter VII In the Tiger's Clutches
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8: 08 - Chapter VIII Complications and Complexities
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9: 09 - Chapter IX The House with the Shuttered Windows
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10: 10 - Chapter X A Shot in the Dark
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11: 11 - Chapter XI A Terrible Discovery
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12: 12 - Chapter XII The Woman in the Case
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13: 13 - Chapter XIII Tightening the Strands
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14: 14 - Chapter XIV The Plot Thickens
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15: 15 - Chapter XV Tangled Threads
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16: 16 - Chapter XVI In the Doctor's Surgery
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17: 17 - Chapter XVII Miss Cheyne Again
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18: 18 - Chapter XVIII Dollops Takes a Hand
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19: 19 - Chapter XIX The Twin Scarves
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20: 20 - Chapter XX A Twisted Clue
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21: 21 - Chapter XXI 'Tis a Mad World, My Masters
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22: 22 - Chapter XXII The Trap
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23: 23 - Chapter XXIII Untwisting the Threads
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24: 24 - Chapter XXIV An Unexpected Contretemps
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25: 25 - Chapter XXV A Tale Unfolded
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