Paul Temple Intervenes

Paul Temple Intervenes
Francis Durbridge

Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard often calls upon Paul Temple to help with his latest unfathomable case…In a small country lane, the well-known American, Myron Harwood, is found dead. The murder heralds the start of a spate of celebrity deaths – and each time the victim is found with a small white piece of cardboard, bearing the inscription ‘The Marquis’.When a woman is pulled from the river with the same note attached to her dress, Paul Temple sends a note to Sir Graham Forbes. His message reads: ‘is it true what they say about Rita?’ Rita Cartwright was a private detective hired to investigate the Marquis murders – and now she is the eighth victim. The police are baffled and the Home Secretary is calling for Paul Temple to intervene…

FRANCIS DURBRIDGE

Paul Temple Intervenes

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)

First published in Great Britain by

LONG 1944

Copyright © Francis Durbridge 1944

All rights reserved

Francis Durbridge has asserted his right under the Copyright,

Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work

Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

Cover image © Shutterstock.com

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

Source ISBN: 978-0-00-812562-2

Ebook Edition © June 2015 ISBN: 978-0-00-812563-9

Version: 2015-06-05

Contents

Cover (#u416bc29b-62f9-5466-b2e6-aab0d38935ee)

Title Page (#u4707b367-f241-5261-b903-1014dfa1ac18)

Copyright (#ue7668105-0ba1-5015-b03d-5e4c595000c9)

CHAPTER I: On the Air (#u662c55ea-f62e-56dc-8387-f2085a55e596)

CHAPTER II: River Patrol (#u96b2a73a-a657-5e6c-8ae1-7e55ade2592f)

CHAPTER III: Crisis at Scotland Yard (#u02033a6f-1dde-5608-b81e-4d41315a999a)

CHAPTER IV: The Girl Who Knew Too Much (#u224aced1-e364-5534-9da3-d4c76ede7c11)

CHAPTER V: No Beer for Sammy Wren (#ue383159e-8b18-586f-9f08-80822816a19e)

CHAPTER VI: Roger Storey Explains (#u4d90fa07-a7b5-5942-946f-9ae12716ec1f)

CHAPTER VII: Death Stalks Forard Glen (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER VIII: Sir Felix Entertains (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER IX: Kellaway Manor (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER X: The Marquis Sends a Warning (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XI: Greensea House (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XII: Accidental Death? (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XIII: Paul Temple Keeps an Appointment (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XIV: ‘The Clockwise’ (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XV: Above Suspicion (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XVI: Superintendent Bradley Goes to The Pictures (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XVII: Concerning Inspector Ross (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XVIII: The October Hotel (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER XIX: Introducing The Marquis! (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also in This Series (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER I (#u735d95a2-348a-5f86-8751-11a5ee37ab2d)

On the Air (#u735d95a2-348a-5f86-8751-11a5ee37ab2d)