Strange clues, or, Chronicles of a city detective
By: by James M'Govan
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: J. Menzies & Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
Published: 1884
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Format: /
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: James M'Govan (Fictitious character); Fiction
Other titles: Strange clues; Chronicles of a city detective
Notes: Short stories.

Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards.

Topp, C.W.  Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, 1849-1905, Simpkin, Marshall 649

Electronic reproduction. Atlanta, Ga.: Emory University Digital Library Publications Program, 2010. Emory Digital Library

digitized 2009 public domain
Table of contents: title: Copital!; title: A harvest mystery; title: The square-toed bluchers; title: Little Liz's locket; title: A cracksman's ruse; title: A waif of the gutter; title: A silver-plated button; title: Bonnie Bell, the machinist; title: Spirit rappers; title: Unclaimed money; title: Larks!; title: The blood-stone ring; title: The wife-killer; title: Self executioners; title: Aileen O'Reilly's task; title: Needle Nip's strange record; title: A spider's web; title: An unburied burglar; title: Caught in a grey coat; title: The cam'-staned door step; title: The missing tools; title: An old score; title: An expensive prescription; title: Dead beat, an incident of the bank failure; title: A splutter of ink; title: A woman's love; title: Born to crime; title: A house with crimson blinds; title: The diamond-ringed apprentice; title: The umbrella mender's quest.