THE
BILLIARD ROOM
MYSTERY

BY
BRIAN FLYNN

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

BRIAN FLYNN MYSTERIES

THE CASE OF THE BLACK TWENTY-TWO
THE BILLIARD ROOM MYSTERY

FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OCTOBER, 1929

Manufactured in the U. S. A.

CONTENTS

I Mr. Bathurst as an Aid to Memory 9

II In the Billiard Room 21

III Mr. Bathurst and the Bed-clothes 31

IV Under the Billiard Room Window 43

V The Methods of Inspector Baddeley 56

VI Lieutenant Barker Attempts to Remember 69

VII Lady Considine Complicates Matters 83

VIII Mr. Bathurst Has a Memory for Faces 96

IX Mr. Bathurst Calls Upon the Postmistress 110

X Walk into My Parlor 124

XI What Was Found on the “Spider” 138

XII Major Hornby and the Venetian Dagger 147

XIII Mr. Bathurst Pots the Red 162

XIV Mary Consults Mr. Bathurst 176

XV Mr. Bathurst Takes His Second Look—with Mr. Cunningham’s Assistance 190

XVI The Inquest 204

XVII Inspector Baddeley Puts His Cards on the Table 218

XVIII Mr. Bathurst Partially Emulates His Example 229

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