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The Man Who Thought He Was a Pauper
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
1st story in the collection . Sir Giles, a young British aristocrat, is gambling far too much in the Casino and comes to Besserley for a loan. It seems the young man is determined to win enough to woo a young lady to whom Besserley is like an uncle. For his part, Besserley is curious why a solicitor is trying so hard to forestall such a loan.
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The Lady in the Grey Wig
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
First published in The Strand Magazine Oct. 1934 and the 3rd of 4 stories in the series General Besserley Intervenes. 2nd story in the collection . At a party of a Grand Duke, Besserley is enjoying the gardens when approached by a young, polite man who, pulling a gun, announced he was going to kill the General.
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The Man Who Harnessed the Laws of Chance
aka The Flaw in the Reckoning
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
First published in The Strand Magazine Aug. 1934 and 1st of 4 stories in the series General Besserley Intervenes. 3rd story in the collection . Seated at a cafe's table, Besserley has been interested for several days in an odd couple outside the Casino. An elderly man sits on a bench giving numbers to a young girl who heads inside. What really fascinates him, though, comes when he learns that while the numbers seem to be winners, she is reporting losses.
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The Phantom Fleet
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1934
First published in The Strand Magazine, Sep 1934 and 2nd of 4 stories in the series General Besserley Intervenes. 4th story in the collection . Washington comes calling in the form of an American businessman with a coded message wanting his help in a matter. The curious thing to Besserley, though, was the man bringing the message used the name of a man murdered a couple days before.
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The Devil’s Wind
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
First printed in The American Magazine Aug 1934. Also reprinted in The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954, The Saint Detective Magazine (Australian) Apr 1955 & The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jun 1955. 5th story in the collection . Besserley was clearly stunned when while seated at a cafe table in the morning he hears a gun shot and runs around the corner to discover the dead body of a young girl, a person he had seen at a party the night before and danced with. The epitome of gaiety and frivolity, he thought, until someone killed her.
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The Mysterious Pirandettis
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
First published in The Strand Magazine Nov. 1934 and 4th of 4 stories in the series General Besserley Intervenes. 6th story in the collection . The young brother and sister named Pirandetti may or may not be a Count and Countess as they claim. No one knew of them before they arrived in Monaco. Besserley was intrigued with them but even more so when they disappeared onto a ship pretending to be a yacht, all from an invitation by Besserley that he did not send.
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The Butterfly in the Death Chamber
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
7th story in the collection . An elderly wealthy woman on her death bed calls for Besserley with a sad request concerning an indiscretion made decades before and the young daughter abandoned.
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Giants in the Countinghouse
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
8th story in the collection . One of three brothers ruling a powerful American crime family has come to Monaco to extort the rulership of a small nation from the Grand Duke now controlling it. Besserley learns of this and is determined to bring a stop to it, regardless of the danger to himself.
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The Bride of the Shining Hour
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1935
9th story in the collection . A troupe of actors has been performing a festive wedding play in Monaco. The young 'bride' becomes truly engaged to a man in the city but the 'groom' is distraught. Dangerously so, in Besserley'e opinion so he takes steps.
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The Duchess Gave a Party
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
1st story in the collection . A close friend to Besserley, Grace, asks for his help when her husband becomes addicted to gambling. When a new casino is set to open up, run by someone Besserley is suspicion of, his actions are designed to solve two problems.
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Business for Father
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
2nd story in the collection . When the man who ran Monte Carlo asks to Besserley to talk with a gentleman, he is happy to do so. When that newcomer talks of selling bonds to him, he is less interested. When the daughter of the salesman gets involved, Besserley is certain a scam is underway.
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General Besserley Runs the Gauntlet
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
3rd story in the collection . Visiting Paris, Besserley has a visit with an old colleague from the Great War who tells him that one of their greatest enemies, a female spy named Sylvia Hume, is still alive and now living in France. He is willing to forgive and forget. Others are not.
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The Unprepossessing Danseuse
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
4th story in the collection . Besserley is trying to enjoy his evening meal at the Sporting Club but that is difficult since he received a 'vilely scented' notepaper on which was written 'You are in danger, great man' and a warning.
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The Husband of O-Nan-Sen
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
5th story in the collection . Finding a Japanese man searching through his belongings makes Besserley very curious. Discovering the man is searching for a clue to his wife's location in Besserley's belongings makes him even more interested.
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The Trifling Lapse of the Mayor of St. Marac
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
6th story in the collection . Taking a rare hike into the mountains behind his chateau, Besserley learns of a developer who is planning to toss out a family who has a long term lease but who is delinquent in rent payments. He would have not gotten involved but he did not care the landlord's rudeness.
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Fifty Thousand Francs and a Marriage Licence for Marie Louise
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
7th story in the collection . The Phallaris was a huge yacht which had just sailed into the harbor of Monaco. There was considerable mystery to who was on it and why and Besserley was party to the secret, one truly of import and secrecy. A woman reporter was as determined to learn that secret as he was to maintain it.
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The Sphinx Whispered
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
8th story in the collection . The young woman from Egypt was as mysterious as the Sphinx she said she had slept near in the past, but could she truly control the spinning roulette ball? She did not do it often but when she did, she never failed. Besserley was intrigued, and not a little disturbed.
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A Wet Day’s Tragedy for Andrew Mason
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
9th story in the collection . On a rainy, dreary day, Besserley was bored and chose to wander about his very large chateau, entering the east wing which he had not done since the day he bought the estate many years before. What he finds in the supposedly vacant set of rooms astonishes him.
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The Drama on the Sixth Tee
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
10th story in the collection . Having finished a round of 9 holes with a friend, Besserley is entreated to do another with a visitor whose identity he was not told. That agreement would land him in the middle of an assassination plot and a likely victim.
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The Stranger at the Bar
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
11th story in the collection .
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Tresillian Found a Cure
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright: 1939
12th story in the collection .
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