The Riddle of the Purple Emperor
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- First published
- 1919
- Pages
- 198
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01 - Chapter I Which Introduces a New Friend
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02 - Chapter II The Home-Coming
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03 - Chapter III In the Dark
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04 - Chapter IV The House of Shadows
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05 - Chapter V The Threads of Chance
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06 - Chapter VI The Cry in the Night
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07 - Chapter VII In the Tiger's Clutches
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08 - Chapter VIII Complications and Complexities
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09 - Chapter IX The House with the Shuttered Windows
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10 - Chapter X A Shot in the Dark
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11 - Chapter XI A Terrible Discovery
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12 - Chapter XII The Woman in the Case
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13 - Chapter XIII Tightening the Strands
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14 - Chapter XIV The Plot Thickens
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15 - Chapter XV Tangled Threads
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16 - Chapter XVI In the Doctor's Surgery
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17 - Chapter XVII Miss Cheyne Again
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18 - Chapter XVIII Dollops Takes a Hand
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19 - Chapter XIX The Twin Scarves
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20 - Chapter XX A Twisted Clue
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21 - Chapter XXI 'Tis a Mad World, My Masters
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22 - Chapter XXII The Trap
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23 - Chapter XXIII Untwisting the Threads
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24 - Chapter XXIV An Unexpected Contretemps
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25 - Chapter XXV A Tale Unfolded
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The Riddle of the Purple Emperor (1919) is a public domain work.
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The Riddle of the Purple Emperor is a Hamilton Cleek detective novel by Mary E. Hanshew, part of the popular detective series that she and her husband Thomas W. Hanshew (1857-1914) created and that she continued after his death. The Purple Emperor refers to a famous jewel whose theft and the various dramatic events surrounding it provide the central plot.
The Cleek series followed the typical Edwardian and Georgian English detective fiction conventions with broad use of disguise and impersonation that distinguished it from more orthodox Sherlock Holmes imitations. Hamilton Cleek's background as a reformed master criminal gave him insights into criminal psychology and methods that conventional detectives lacked, and the series exploited this combination for serious dramatic effect.
The Purple Emperor jewel mystery follows the standard pattern with a famous valuable object at the center of the plot, multiple suspects and competing interests circling it, dramatic complications across the investigation, and Cleek's eventual resolution of the puzzle. The Hanshew series remained in print for several decades after Mary Hanshew's death in 1927.
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Book facts
- Author
- Mary E. Hanshew
- First published
- 1919
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Mystery
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Ruth Golding