Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

Texts and References

pp xi-xii

Introduction: The Art of Deduction

pp 1-8

Part I - Finance

pp 9-10

1 - Stone into Money

pp 11-19

2 - The Roylotts of Stoke Moran

pp 20-29

3 - The Guardians of Securities

pp 30-36

Part II - Class

pp 37-38

4 - The Pick of a Bad Lot

pp 39-49

5 - The Fall of the House of Musgrave

pp 50-60

6 - A Scandal in East Yorkshire

pp 61-70

Part III - Family

pp 71-72

7 - Singular Occurrence at a Wedding

pp 73-82

8 - The Rock of Gibraltar

pp 83-90

9 - The Discreetly Shadowed Corners

pp 91-100

Part IV - Sex

pp 101-102

10 - The Worst Man in London

pp 103-111

11 - The Whole Queer Business of Wisteria Lodge

pp 112-122

Part V - Race

pp 123-124

12 - Nice, Amiable People!

pp 125-137

13 - A Nobler Man Never Walked the Earth

pp 138-146

14 - The Heat of the Amazon Was Always in her Blood

pp 147-156

Part VI - War

pp 157-158

15 - This Circle of Misery and Violence and Fear

pp 159-168

16 - Do We Progress?

pp 169-178

17 - The East Wind

pp 179-192

Part VII - Secrecy

pp 193-194