The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story
The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume is available here as the complete text, split into 746 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Death-Card
- Chapter III A Woman Without a Past
- Chapter IV The Five Landladies
- Chapter V A Friend in Need
- Chapter VI The Crime of Kirkstone Hall
- Chapter VII Comments on the Crime
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX Kirkstone Hall
- Chapter X Strange Behaviour
- Chapter XI The Mad Gardener
- Chapter XII The Diamond Necklace
- Chapter XIII Arthur Ferris
- Chapter XIV A Surprising Discovery
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI Miss Wedderburn
- Chapter XVII An Explanation
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX The Unexpected Occurs
- Chapter XX A Needle in a Haystack
- Chapter XXI Found at Last
- Chapter XXII A Secret Hoard
- Chapter XXIII The Convict's Defence
- Chapter XXIV Proof Positive
- Chapter XXV How the Deed Was Done
- Chapter XXVI The End of It All
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