Dead Men's Money (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781421888507)

The very beginning of this affair, which involved me, before I was aware of it, in as much villainy and wickedness as ever man heard of, was, of course, that spring evening, now ten years ago, whereon I looked out of my mother's front parlour window in the main street of Berwick-upon-Tweed and saw, standing right before the house, a man who had a black patch over his left eye, an old plaid thrown loosely round his shoulders, and in his right hand a stout stick and an old-fashioned carpet-bag. He caught sight of me as I caught sight of him, and he stirred, and made at once for our door. If I had possessed the power of seeing more than the obvious, I should have seen robbery, and murder, and the very devil himself coming in close attendance upon him as he crossed the pavement. But as it was, I saw nothing but a stranger, and I threw open the window and asked the man what he might be wanting.

Author: J. S. Fletcher
ISBN-10: 1421888505
ISBN-13: 9781421888507
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d