內容簡介：

那一晚，一輛來自倫敦的下行列車?？吭赗amsdon的鄉(xiāng)村小站，車上只下來一個乘客。這個男子中等個頭，衣衫襤褸，寬肩長臂，胸部又寬又厚。他的臉被濃密的黑色卷發(fā)、連鬢的絡腮胡和唇須遮蓋……

這是一部關于一個陰謀的小說，始于一個陌生人從倫敦來到小鎮(zhèn)。

目錄：

CHAPTER I. THE LONE PASSENGER
CHAPTER II. THE FIGHT IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER III. A COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER IV. A WOMAN WEEPS
CHAPTER V. A WOMAN AND A MAN
CHAPTER VI. A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VII. QUESTION AND ANSWER
CHAPTER VIII. CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE
CHAPTER IX. THE ATTIC OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER X. THE NEW GARDENER
CHAPTER XI. THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER XII. AN AVOWAL
CHAPTER XIII. INVISIBLE WRITING
CHAPTER XIV. LOVE-MAKING AT NIGHT
CHAPTER XV. THE SOUND OF A SHOT
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XVII. A DECLARATION
CHAPTER XVIII. ROBERT DUNN'S ENEMY
CHAPTER XIX. THE VISIT TO WRESTE ABBEY
CHAPTER XX. ELLA'S WARNING
CHAPTER XXI. DOUBTS AND FEARS
CHAPTER XXII. PLOTS AND PLAYS
CHAPTER XXIII. COUNTER-PLANS
CHAPTER XXIV. AN APHORISM
CHAPTER XXV. THE UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER XXVI. A RACE AGAINST TIME
CHAPTER XXVII. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT
CHAPTER XXVIII. BACK AT BITTERMEADS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ATTIC
CHAPTER XXX. SOME EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XXXI. CONCLUSION