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A young woman marked by a conspicuous facial scar answers an advertisement for domestic employment and is drawn into a complex mystery among the city's upper circles. Episodes present clandestine visitors, coded messages, concealed boxes, masked encounters, and a hunt for hidden valuables as she follows clues, weathers danger, and confronts deceptive figures. The story combines suspenseful investigation with reflections on appearance and identity, social vulnerability, and the unmasking of secrets, leading to revelations and the restoration of order.

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Title: Suspense

Author: Isabel Ostrander

Release date: January 29, 2025 [eBook #75240]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1918

Credits: Tim Miller, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

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SUSPENSE

By ISABEL OSTRANDER

AUTHOR OF
"THE CLUE IN THE AIR,"
"THE PRIMAL LAW,"
ETC.

NEW YORK
ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO.
1918

Copyright, 1918, by
ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO.

Published March, 1918


CONTENTS

I. THE GIRL WITH THE SCAR
II. THE SILENT INTRUDER
III. THE VELVET GLOVE
IV. BLINDFOLD
V. BOX A-46
VI. A MESSAGE FROM PHARAOH
VII. TEN THOUSAND SHEEP
VIII. THE ORCHID LADY
IX. CROSSROADS
X. FACE TO FACE
XI. THE FOURTH PEW
XII. THE FANGS OF THE WOLF
XIII. JUSTICE NODS
XIV. NAKED FOILS
XV. THE PORTRAIT OF BEETHOVEN
XVI. THE CLOSING NET
XVII. TURNED TABLES
XVIII. UNMASKED
XIX. THE HONOR OF THE NAME
XX. TREASURE TROVE

SUSPENSE