The trouble at Pinelands

Ernest M. Poate

Adventure
Book language: English
211 pages

The Trouble at Pinelands is an early 20th-century detective/adventure novel by Ernest M. Poate, first published in 1922. It opens with a violent confrontation and a group of watching men, setting a mystery in motion. Listeners who enjoy vintage detective fiction will find a period puzzle of suspicion and investigation.

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The Trouble at Pinelands
CHAPTER I THE POLTERGEIST
CHAPTER II BOBWHITE
CHAPTER III A BAD SPELL
CHAPTER IV A FEUD
CHAPTER V A TRAGEDY
CHAPTER VI UNCERTAINTY
CHAPTER VII INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER VIII THE INQUEST
CHAPTER IX A CONFLAGRATION
CHAPTER X MORE TROUBLE THREATENS
CHAPTER XI PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE
CHAPTER XII A FRUSTRATED LYNCHING
CHAPTER XIII “A LITTLE RELAXATION”
CHAPTER XIV THE POLTERGEIST AGAIN
CHAPTER XV A FISHING TRIP
CHAPTER XVI SOME CLEWS, AND A SUGGESTION
CHAPTER XVII AN UNUSUAL WEDDING
CHAPTER XVIII SOMERS DISGRACES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XIX AN EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XX A FLIRTATION
CHAPTER XXI AN ILLICIT ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER XXII THE SHOWDOWN
CHAPTER XXIII ANNE CHRISTIE’S STORY
CHAPTER XXIV A PROJECTED EXCURSION
CHAPTER XXV A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XXVI ROARING LAFE
CHAPTER XXVII IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XXVIII RUTLEDGE TALKS
CHAPTER XXIX THE RETURN

and 6 more chapters

The trouble at Pinelands

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