The Dark Spot

THE DARK SPOT  (In Canada known as 

The Stalking Death)

'LUKE ALLAN'

 W. Lacey Amy

LONDON _; ARROWSMITH

SEVEN jewellers—a collection of Chinese jade carvings of prodigious value—a young man who suspects a crooked deal— a cool and efficient Inspector of Police—and the beautiful wife of Adolph Aulinloch—these are the principal characters in the story.

One by one the jewellers die— and their deaths provide an increasingly difficult problem for the police, and create an ever­growing atmosphere of terror and distrust among the dwindling survivors, until the final dramatic disclosure.

This is a first-class Luke Allan thriller, written in his best style; suspense and excitement are well maintained throughout, and finally intensified to a startling conclusion.

FIRST PUBLISHED IN I932

SECOND EDITION, MARCH, 1934

Seven Jewellers and Gem Experts :

Adolph Aulinloch, quiet and shrewd.

Jenifred Freyseng, huge and coarse.

Simon Kalmberg, fat and wheezy.

Gideon McElheren, gaunt and cowardly.

Zachary Zaharoff.

Fergus Stirling.

Austin Earned.

Phyliss Aulinloch, Adolph’s wife.

Miss Stromberg, Adolph’s secretary.

Mrs. Ciiarlesworth.

Brander Charlesworth, her son.

Inspector Broughton, of the Detective Department.

Arnold Platt and Falkner, two detectives.

A Sergeant of Detectives.

Callaghan, a neighbour of Aulinloch’s.

Aaron Goldstein, a costume dealer.

Tubby Peters, a professional crack.

Maids, a doctor, a Pullman porter, an elevator attendant and a dispatcher.

In Canada, The Canadian Magazine featured serially, The Stalking Death, as a monthly feature for months in 1932 and 1933. The story was profusely illustrated by Carl Shreve.

This is the edition that Stillwoods has made available here!

CHAPTER

I.          DEATH !

II.        UNEASINESS

Ill         UNIMPORTANT EVIDENCE

IV.       IMPORTANT EVIDENCE

V.        SURPRISING EVIDENCE

VI.       THE STOLEN CAR

VII.     THE JADE CARVINGS

VIII.    A THREAT

IX.       SECRECY

X.        REFLECTIONS

XI.       INSPECTOR BROUGHTON AT WORK

XII.     CALLING A MEETING

XIII.    ANOTHER DEATH !

XIV.    HALF A MILLION

XV.     A CHINAMAN !

XVI.    CHASING CLUES

XVII.  MURDER AGAIN

XVIII. THE YELLOW PERIL

XIX.    A PAIR OF ROGUES

XX.     A PLOT OVERHEARD

XXI.    A DISGUISE

XXII.  A HOLD-UP

CHAPTER

XXIII. A CHINAMAN AGAIN

XXIV. A ROBBER ROBBED

XXV.  FOILED

XXVI. A LOYAL WIFE

XXVII.           HUSBAND AND WIFE

XXVIII.          A CHINESE PROWLER

XXIX. SHIFTING SCENES

XXX.  CHINESE VENGEANCE

XXXI. AN ATTACK IN THE DARK

XXXII.           THE CHINAMAN MISSES

XXXIII.          TERROR!

XXXIV.          THE INSPECTOR SPEAKS

XXXV.           ANOTHER HUSBAND—ANOTHER WIFE

XXXVI.          BLOOD !

XXXVII.        DEDUCTIONS

XXXVIII.       MOTHER AND SON

XXXIX.          PLOT AGAINST PLOT

XL.      TARDY PURSUIT

XLI.    A DOUBLE TRAGEDY

XLII.   EMBARRASSING EMOTIONS

XLIII. THREATS AND DEFIANCE

XLIV. MORE DEFIANCE

XLV    LIGHT

XLVI. IN SIX MONTHS