Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple

Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
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The first three books in the hugely popular Paul Temple series follows crime fighting duo Paul and his wife Steve.Send for Paul Temple:In the dead of night, a watchman is brutally attacked and with his dying breath cries out, “The Green Finger!” It is the latest in a series of robberies to take place that have left Scotland Yard mystified, and with no other choice but to call upon the expertise of Detective Paul Temple.Aided by the beautiful journalist Louise Harvey – affectionately known as Steve – the duo discover that this is not the first victim to warn of the dangerous and elusive ‘Green Finger’… who or what is it? The pair must work together to solve the deepening mystery.Paul Temple and the Front Page Men:The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of robberies are committed, a calling card is left bearing the legend of ‘The Front Page Men’.Then the murders begin.Paul and his wife Steve assist Scotland Yard in finding the murderers, but Steve is in grave danger and the clock is ticking.News of Paul Temple:As detective Paul Temple turns his hand to playwright, his leading lady Iris Archer pulls out shortly before the play is due to open and declares that she is heading for France.However, shortly after her disappearance Paul Temple receives a guest at his Scottish holiday home – none other than that of Iris Archer.The mystery deepens as Temple is asked by a young man to act as postmaster in delivering a letter. Meanwhile someone acting under the codename of Z4 seems to have control of events. Could this be Doctor Steiner, and just who is he? It is all up to Temple . . .

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FRANCIS DURBRIDGE

Paul Temple 3-Book Collection:

Send for Paul Temple

Paul Temple and the Front Page Men

News of Paul Temple



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LONG 1938, 1939 and 1940

Copyright © Francis Durbridge 1938, 1930 and 1940

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN:

9780008125523

9780008125585

9780008125608

Ebook Edition © June 2015 ISBN: 9780008162092

Version: 2015-08-28

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Send for Paul Temple

Title Page

Contents

CHAPTER I: Conference at Scotland Yard

CHAPTER II: Paul Temple

CHAPTER III: Death of a Detective

CHAPTER IV: Again the Green Finger

CHAPTER V: Room 7

CHAPTER VI: The Knave of Diamonds

CHAPTER VII: The Shaping of a Mystery

CHAPTER VIII: A Message From Scotland Yard!

CHAPTER IX: Smash-and-Grab!

CHAPTER X: Comparing Notes

CHAPTER XI: Murder at Scotland Yard

CHAPTER XII: The Plan

CHAPTER XIII: A Present From the Knave!

CHAPTER XIV: Behind the Scenes

CHAPTER XV: The Wristlet Watch

CHAPTER XVI: Going Down!

CHAPTER XVII: The Secret of the Lift

CHAPTER XVIII: The Commissioner’s Orders

CHAPTER XIX: Steve Vanishes!

CHAPTER XX: At the Inn

CHAPTER XXI: The First Penguin

CHAPTER XXII: Ludmilla

CHAPTER XXIII: A Surprise for Temple

CHAPTER XXIV: Recovery and Escape

CHAPTER XXV: Amelia Victoria Bellman

CHAPTER XXVI: Horace and the Bridge

CHAPTER XXVII: Conspiracy

CHAPTER XXVIII: The Message

CHAPTER XXIX: The Meeting Is Adjourned

CHAPTER XXX: Even If It’s the Commissioner!

CHAPTER XXXI: Enter the Knave!

CHAPTER XXXII: And Exit the Knave!

Paul Temple and the Front Page Men

Title Page

Contents

CHAPTER I: Chief Inspector Charles Cavendish Mackenzie Reed

CHAPTER II: Mr. Andrew Brightman

CHAPTER III: Sir Norman Blakeley

CHAPTER IV: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Temple

CHAPTER V: Mr. J.P. Goldie

CHAPTER VI: Rev. Charles Hargreaves

CHAPTER VII: A Message for Paul Temple

CHAPTER VIII: The Front Page Men

CHAPTER IX: News of Steve

CHAPTER X: Story of a Rendezvous

CHAPTER XI: Paul Temple in Regent Street

CHAPTER XII: The Medusa Club

CHAPTER XIII: The Falkirk Diamond

CHAPTER XIV: At Bramley Lodge

CHAPTER XV: Mr. Tony Rivoli Visits Scotland Yard

CHAPTER XVI: Paul Temple Receives a Warning

CHAPTER XVII: The First Circle

CHAPTER XVIII: ‘Taxi, Sir!’

CHAPTER XIX: Mr. Goldie’s Mistake

CHAPTER XX: Concerning Lucky Gibson

CHAPTER XXI: In Which Hunter Receives a Surprise

CHAPTER XXII: Concerning Lina Fresnay and Herr Von Zelton

CHAPTER XXIII: Andrea Fortune Writes a Letter

CHAPTER XXIV: Murder on the Six-Ten

CHAPTER XXV: Visitors at Eastwood Mansions

CHAPTER XXVI: Concerning a Flat in Bloomsbury

CHAPTER XXVII: The Flat Above

CHAPTER XXVIII: Mr. Brightman Is Worried

CHAPTER XXIX: Wrenson’s Report

CHAPTER XXX: The Flying Squad

CHAPTER XXXI: News of Hargreaves, Gilbert Wrenson, and Mr. J. P. Goldie

CHAPTER XXXII: The Autumn Hotel

CHAPTER XXXIII: A Surprise for Gilbert Wrenson

CHAPTER XXXIV: In Which Paul Temple Eats Far Too Many Muffins

News of Paul Temple

Title Page

Contents

CHAPTER I: The Stage Is Set

CHAPTER II: Concerning Z.4

CHAPTER III: Instructions for a Murder

CHAPTER IV: Appointment With Danger

CHAPTER V: In Which Mrs Moffat Receives a Visitor

CHAPTER VI: Introducing Z.4

About the Author

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