Logo

The Shadow of Larose by Arthur Gask

Large book cover: The Shadow of Larose

The Shadow of Larose
by

Publisher: The Advertiser
ISBN/ASIN: 1502513382
Number of pages: 246

Description:
I had seen the wretch I was following participate in a brutal murder, and every instinct of good citizenship in me was insisting that he should not get away unpunished... Perhaps we waited 30 seconds face to face. His lips had closed tight together, his shoulders had sunk a little, his head poised like a runner before a race, his hands -- but then I pressed my trigger finger, and a .22 long rifle bullet crumpled him up.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Read online
(online html)

Similar books

Book cover: The Lonely HouseThe Lonely House
by - Macaulay
'It was a silent house, as still and silent as the grave.' Larose, a truly classic supersleuth, stumbles over a murder case and is almost done in through the schemes of a cunning doctor. Larose has exciting ways of dealing out quick justice.
(4803 views)
Book cover: The Hidden DoorThe Hidden Door
by - Herbert Jenkins
During a few short weeks, four persons residing in adjoining towns and villages upon the coast of Suffolk had mysteriously disappeared from their homes, leaving no traces behind them. The local authorities were disinclined to move in the matter ...
(5638 views)
Book cover: The Storm BreaksThe Storm Breaks
by - Herbert Jenkins Ltd.
An attractive girl seeks her fortune in London, makes her way into the social world and marries into a titled family. Then, through no fault of her own, she becomes involved in the death of a scoundrel who was attempting to blackmail her ...
(5118 views)
Book cover: The Man of DeathThe Man of Death
by - Herbert Jenkins
In the lonely hours upon an unfrequented part of the Norfolk coast a retired professor is living by himself. Gradually he becomes aware that his house which is built on the site of an old church, is being watched. For help he turns to Gilbert Larose.
(5696 views)