Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
Francis Durbridge
The first three books in the hugely popular Paul Temple series follows crime fighting duo Paul and his wife Steve.Send for Paul Temple:In the dead of night, a watchman is brutally attacked and with his dying breath cries out, “The Green Finger!” It is the latest in a series of robberies to take place that have left Scotland Yard mystified, and with no other choice but to call upon the expertise of Detective Paul Temple.Aided by the beautiful journalist Louise Harvey – affectionately known as Steve – the duo discover that this is not the first victim to warn of the dangerous and elusive ‘Green Finger’… who or what is it? The pair must work together to solve the deepening mystery.Paul Temple and the Front Page Men:The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of robberies are committed, a calling card is left bearing the legend of ‘The Front Page Men’.Then the murders begin.Paul and his wife Steve assist Scotland Yard in finding the murderers, but Steve is in grave danger and the clock is ticking.News of Paul Temple:As detective Paul Temple turns his hand to playwright, his leading lady Iris Archer pulls out shortly before the play is due to open and declares that she is heading for France.However, shortly after her disappearance Paul Temple receives a guest at his Scottish holiday home – none other than that of Iris Archer.The mystery deepens as Temple is asked by a young man to act as postmaster in delivering a letter. Meanwhile someone acting under the codename of Z4 seems to have control of events. Could this be Doctor Steiner, and just who is he? It is all up to Temple . . .
FRANCIS DURBRIDGE
Paul Temple 3-Book Collection:
Send for Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
News of Paul Temple
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Contents
Cover (#u8c14bbe0-360c-56ba-872d-3d7cb1793e95)
Title Page (#uedb532a0-7137-5d77-800c-8c987d51e2e5)
Copyright (#u8038304f-0100-58e6-a596-ce99491d6c34)
Send for Paul Temple (#u8d50dfee-4ca1-5581-a990-57cb83136858)
Title Page (#ua85931da-ca7f-530a-81c3-941b7300a814)
Contents (#uc0646a20-ab13-50f0-86ad-ddee6ae63041)
CHAPTER I: Conference at Scotland Yard (#u66ead3d0-b225-5039-bcc7-0496c1ed1693)
CHAPTER II: Paul Temple (#u12882802-95c0-5644-9f78-2febd4d3e5a6)
CHAPTER III: Death of a Detective (#u7e778d95-c312-5e29-80ce-58b1c12f00d9)
CHAPTER IV: Again the Green Finger (#u99aefb58-4061-5928-aaea-ad81a690c09e)
CHAPTER V: Room 7 (#u951ad44a-89f2-567d-bbc5-88a95394a4dd)
CHAPTER VI: The Knave of Diamonds (#u426a31fe-1de4-5168-a220-d85b3ecd936d)
CHAPTER VII: The Shaping of a Mystery (#uf9db1ecf-ae03-5ca1-a2e1-d95aea80e588)
CHAPTER VIII: A Message From Scotland Yard! (#u06fc73da-7dae-5c61-b67e-44ad992afe8b)
CHAPTER IX: Smash-and-Grab! (#u570bd243-ed1c-51bd-bca5-277070bd4780)
CHAPTER X: Comparing Notes (#u64021d01-9058-58e5-b288-1f0c97cde59e)
CHAPTER XI: Murder at Scotland Yard (#u3e206f6a-f38c-599d-b43f-b9a0684be7c1)
CHAPTER XII: The Plan (#uc059dbb7-8ed6-5d4c-a608-e71c2b6cee6e)
CHAPTER XIII: A Present From the Knave! (#ufb17b431-88bd-5f5c-b3bf-ba1522fa7b20)
CHAPTER XIV: Behind the Scenes (#u5c225b53-1cf0-539a-97af-ee34ab7a3ca9)
CHAPTER XV: The Wristlet Watch (#ub7afc481-d7b2-59a4-b192-ed1c3e5d9381)
CHAPTER XVI: Going Down! (#u392b7dbd-a5f7-58b9-a1a8-2c39714d0e07)
CHAPTER XVII: The Secret of the Lift (#u40b809cc-624a-5d4a-a3d3-e5d1673eb882)
CHAPTER XVIII: The Commissioner’s Orders (#u32846859-5588-59e8-b798-2ad1f40d16a5)
CHAPTER XIX: Steve Vanishes! (#ua62e55ce-d7fc-51b4-8726-f22575362d70)
CHAPTER XX: At the Inn (#u930c9ed3-a851-51ee-b1b7-ad4e44b3e469)
CHAPTER XXI: The First Penguin (#u9cb281a9-109e-5918-9164-1e05a34a87d0)
CHAPTER XXII: Ludmilla (#u714f9a37-8f12-566f-96b4-86c7715174a8)
CHAPTER XXIII: A Surprise for Temple (#uba384374-db55-5483-8a94-68ef96b91f34)
CHAPTER XXIV: Recovery and Escape (#uce584c04-3ea7-5426-af1c-e54a4ff8140f)
CHAPTER XXV: Amelia Victoria Bellman (#u98737a95-0d08-519a-acf7-bbcbee302407)
CHAPTER XXVI: Horace and the Bridge (#ua3f6a2ba-0f14-51f7-8c5a-eb1a546022f8)
CHAPTER XXVII: Conspiracy (#u7cb2ddee-1331-5a1f-9863-abda72182667)
CHAPTER XXVIII: The Message (#u6eb5790d-bed1-505b-823b-b71279a8f579)
CHAPTER XXIX: The Meeting Is Adjourned (#uf1dac383-1997-57f4-b24d-b1313ea5259a)
CHAPTER XXX: Even If It’s the Commissioner! (#u5f433c8b-4102-5b95-80e5-51b4f753f5c7)
CHAPTER XXXI: Enter the Knave! (#u46a89f9b-8306-5eb9-a7b6-9771ada8d8b4)
CHAPTER XXXII: And Exit the Knave! (#uf3a79c6a-6623-5daf-9871-182c4a55ec0d)
Paul Temple and the Front Page Men (#u4cebb862-c0f4-5bf0-bf5f-612fb739a8a0)
Title Page (#u9944bc06-f214-5d55-aa1b-cda0217a8836)
Contents (#u22080dad-c5a1-5786-908a-0eda696457c9)
CHAPTER I: Chief Inspector Charles Cavendish Mackenzie Reed (#u3f34f9b6-9067-57e2-bd4c-22389fc880fc)
CHAPTER II: Mr. Andrew Brightman (#u26d2540d-862e-5fd5-ad2e-a12f0f8a19e3)
CHAPTER III: Sir Norman Blakeley (#u4a3fd92d-2215-58f3-94ba-e39e762e5828)
CHAPTER IV: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Temple (#u54d6afd9-5878-5e91-9165-110fc8d2a216)
CHAPTER V: Mr. J.P. Goldie (#u6dac50ec-984f-5073-b19a-5260bdeb931c)
CHAPTER VI: Rev. Charles Hargreaves (#u882c0b08-99cb-5bda-8a66-b18590bfdb6b)
CHAPTER VII: A Message for Paul Temple (#u4f10dced-a73a-5b22-90b6-11eb2ff8c2b8)
CHAPTER VIII: The Front Page Men (#ueb306e82-12bb-5d11-a8ba-b9c93a284ce0)
CHAPTER IX: News of Steve (#ub681e1ca-8496-55c8-91e8-63e3fcb3d700)
CHAPTER X: Story of a Rendezvous (#u6b694b89-bf3d-5bdd-9f87-c22bca87c9ae)
CHAPTER XI: Paul Temple in Regent Street (#u69a66d71-0613-5086-a50a-fba846abbe9f)
CHAPTER XII: The Medusa Club (#u1b250130-830a-56c5-bc2e-86bea21c5eed)
CHAPTER XIII: The Falkirk Diamond (#u0bcf7f4e-9d5b-5a49-a5f8-b449f0eb4643)
CHAPTER XIV: At Bramley Lodge (#u1ffe5f4a-9646-5c6d-b9ff-bf209677c422)
CHAPTER XV: Mr. Tony Rivoli Visits Scotland Yard (#u44c81360-9aff-5a2b-bf40-3d5f624cf418)
CHAPTER XVI: Paul Temple Receives a Warning (#u19e0aec0-45e6-5d29-9f90-355d362edb7e)
CHAPTER XVII: The First Circle (#u3ea02586-22fe-5dd0-8ca5-51df3fd4f748)
CHAPTER XVIII: ‘Taxi, Sir!’ (#u9d189046-2483-590e-807c-3653dfacfb52)
CHAPTER XIX: Mr. Goldie’s Mistake (#u07f55760-5d3b-5fbc-8f68-7176fb96e76d)
CHAPTER XX: Concerning Lucky Gibson (#udc4cef77-1bc5-5b1c-8fed-72f590cce699)
CHAPTER XXI: In Which Hunter Receives a Surprise (#uda972cac-e075-595a-b7f5-9e72b6edf1c3)
CHAPTER XXII: Concerning Lina Fresnay and Herr Von Zelton (#u72fb9dae-2e45-5749-8b43-fef9204481bd)
CHAPTER XXIII: Andrea Fortune Writes a Letter (#u1bad664d-7be4-5e61-a6a3-fd260e94d888)
CHAPTER XXIV: Murder on the Six-Ten (#u11fa2587-66a4-520c-8acb-89ca84c2c6dc)
CHAPTER XXV: Visitors at Eastwood Mansions (#u855b91d6-2cfc-5856-9bb7-0282913ac4a0)
CHAPTER XXVI: Concerning a Flat in Bloomsbury (#ud8744ccc-b506-5acd-b497-be6046100101)
CHAPTER XXVII: The Flat Above (#ubbbcefb6-be0c-572b-9faa-f4c90bf22ffd)
CHAPTER XXVIII: Mr. Brightman Is Worried (#ub985677e-67aa-5025-acca-fe6e5cfb8154)
CHAPTER XXIX: Wrenson’s Report (#uffdf55ab-34f0-563f-8e66-f6fbee061f6e)
CHAPTER XXX: The Flying Squad (#u80108291-75bc-59fe-87ef-3247b4530c57)
CHAPTER XXXI: News of Hargreaves, Gilbert Wrenson, and Mr. J. P. Goldie (#u396138ce-3db8-53df-8c94-02f10a78fd80)
CHAPTER XXXII: The Autumn Hotel (#u1d281df4-7dd6-5c52-9424-d920989db3c7)
CHAPTER XXXIII: A Surprise for Gilbert Wrenson (#u4f0054ef-0954-55ce-afb6-8cf49e39461e)
CHAPTER XXXIV: In Which Paul Temple Eats Far Too Many Muffins (#uc0289734-ca8c-59b4-89be-333e24cffb63)
News of Paul Temple (#u5c4cf4bc-9085-5075-b9ea-dc27d694c5b3)
Title Page (#u5dabb16b-8fa3-550b-86cb-48519cd2c68a)
Contents (#ueda5f761-f892-5dd7-86b6-b43dbbdb67b0)
CHAPTER I: The Stage Is Set (#u0cd416f9-8406-543a-8173-2c77bb63df2a)
CHAPTER II: Concerning Z.4 (#u4f317c00-185b-58e8-9ecb-534186ec528e)
CHAPTER III: Instructions for a Murder (#ufafc016e-b477-5294-b7c4-c0982965fd3c)
CHAPTER IV: Appointment With Danger (#ue5fcd985-2c42-5d96-a03c-2ef980f386d8)
CHAPTER V: In Which Mrs Moffat Receives a Visitor (#uad874143-e4bf-584f-9ea4-875414237e6b)
CHAPTER VI: Introducing Z.4 (#ua8bc9b98-e6dc-5b1a-ae8d-b83564371056)
About the Author (#u531ef185-c84f-54e2-9008-dbb07c2a7e57)
Also in This Series (#ufcbc29d2-b6ab-52bc-b16d-4dce0e4d5742)
About the Publisher (#ue7718689-714f-5329-8739-2d66e1e12443)
FRANCIS DURBRIDGE
Send for Paul Temple
Contents (#u43cd067e-fd3f-5ff2-97ed-5bdecb1df315)
CHAPTER I: Conference at Scotland Yard (#ulink_9515ff64-de04-511c-95ba-a0384f6deff1)
CHAPTER II: Paul Temple (#ulink_34f33f90-6133-5b00-9a8a-e918734e13c6)
CHAPTER III: Death of a Detective (#ulink_5b398c5c-d491-5d10-9a4b-7e0bf068100d)
CHAPTER IV: Again the Green Finger (#ulink_c4ac3c4d-afc1-50ac-a963-b30aac37a15a)
CHAPTER V: Room 7 (#ulink_e7768ec5-6565-5ce4-b7e7-adf54f3b91a5)
CHAPTER VI: The Knave of Diamonds (#ulink_30545648-8892-55c5-be93-0b9bd5edf510)
CHAPTER VII: The Shaping of a Mystery (#ulink_6e06a77e-efcc-588b-848b-c7d07bffcbda)
CHAPTER VIII: A Message From Scotland Yard! (#ulink_9907089d-1d06-55a6-acfe-465a6b0afb31)
CHAPTER IX: Smash-and-Grab! (#ulink_cc06d91a-6bf5-5beb-b651-e555ef664d77)
CHAPTER X: Comparing Notes (#ulink_7da91d86-f93b-53a4-abdc-0396717aec04)
CHAPTER XI: Murder at Scotland Yard (#ulink_45f69154-58c1-5e68-b19d-0532530e15ba)
CHAPTER XII: The Plan (#ulink_08a0a710-bb18-5169-b651-96abca632670)
CHAPTER XIII: A Present From the Knave! (#ulink_f237c06b-b83f-5220-a1ff-b176ba881b0f)
CHAPTER XIV: Behind the Scenes (#ulink_0830aaa7-dbb9-5690-9398-601cd3d000e6)
CHAPTER XV: The Wristlet Watch (#ulink_05160871-40bd-5e5d-a383-198ce7c8375e)
CHAPTER XVI: Going Down! (#ulink_3197ce8f-7328-5914-99d9-fa5a352b3cac)
CHAPTER XVII: The Secret of the Lift (#ulink_963aaae9-62c9-5b8c-9a80-7022a1429812)
CHAPTER XVIII: The Commissioner’s Orders (#ulink_14511241-0755-56ef-b746-f396bff8f53d)
CHAPTER XIX: Steve Vanishes! (#ulink_c55274ef-1bd0-597b-9525-0065f1754a9a)
CHAPTER XX: At the Inn (#ulink_bc61b308-9840-5d61-a772-d726796b98c2)
CHAPTER XXI: The First Penguin (#ulink_fc50182b-0226-5b10-a431-89f01aa19974)
CHAPTER XXII: Ludmilla (#ulink_6d0f2171-7534-520f-bc1f-7e90cb0d696d)
CHAPTER XXIII: A Surprise for Temple (#ulink_24137a99-d37b-5d5f-819e-16edf75e57e2)
CHAPTER XXIV: Recovery and Escape (#ulink_fb89b679-58e0-5e09-b56d-e15f65fc0883)
CHAPTER XXV: Amelia Victoria Bellman (#ulink_4ebed199-13e9-5a46-9dd0-0a2628d032a4)
CHAPTER XXVI: Horace and the Bridge (#ulink_d8585ea2-7b82-561d-a8f3-a20cf0c3ff3b)
CHAPTER XXVII: Conspiracy (#ulink_7484f0bf-16ea-559e-808b-822304858f1e)
CHAPTER XXVIII: The Message (#ulink_b25eeeec-b163-5695-b798-c335c31c3853)
CHAPTER XXIX: The Meeting Is Adjourned (#ulink_b6b81da9-29a9-5273-8995-8ddefa10eaa3)
CHAPTER XXX: Even If It’s the Commissioner! (#ulink_a1dc56ab-6a2d-5114-8e69-640d75462911)
CHAPTER XXXI: Enter the Knave! (#ulink_c0712f56-c825-5c1b-8229-601be2803b50)
CHAPTER XXXII: And Exit the Knave! (#ulink_791ce6a9-cad8-585d-8ee1-176f0a63c619)
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