The Sign of the Seven Sins by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a romantic-sensation mystery set on the Riviera, where Monte Carlo’s glitter conceals a web of crime, secrets, and temptation. Narrated by the young American-Italian Carmela Rosselli, the story entwines her travels with her worldly friend Ulrica Yorke, a sudden murder, an enigmatic millionaire, and a masked figure called “The Owl,” hinting that love, money, and danger will collide. The opening of the novel follows Carmela from Washington to London, Paris, and finally Nice, where she and Ulrica fall into the Monte Carlo orbit with two American acquaintances, Gerald Keppel and Reginald Thorne. After a lucky afternoon at roulette and a glittering dinner at Ciro’s—during which Carmela glimpses her former lover Ernest Cameron with another woman—Reggie wins a fortune, steps away to change his notes, and is later found dead in the women’s hotel sitting-room, the cash gone and the cause unclear. The police inquiry yields nothing but suspicion and press sniping, while Carmela and Ulrica draw closer to Gerald’s austere, eccentric father, the millionaire Benjamin Keppel, who secretly turns ivory and proposes a yacht cruise. As Carnival peaks, a masked “Owl” dances with Carmela and seeks a private audience, declaring he knows the truth about Reggie’s death and insisting robbery was not the motive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The Girl from Scotland Yard" by Edgar Wallace is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a poised young investigator, Leslie Maughan, who probes a tangle of high-society secrets involving Lady Raytham, her bullying confidante Princess Anita Bellini, and a newly freed ex-convict, Peter Dawlish. A menacing butler, a suspicious cash withdrawal, and a murder tied to an emerald necklace pull police and aristocrats into the same web. The opening of the novel shows Lady Raytham on edge as friends visit and talk turns to Peter Dawlish, recently released after a notorious forgery case. Leslie Maughan arrives from Scotland Yard to question Lady Raytham about a large, sudden withdrawal, rattling her further. That night Leslie encounters Peter on the Embankment, challenges his self-pity, and helps him toward a fresh start; he is soon assaulted by three small, silent attackers but survives and finds shabby lodgings. Meanwhile Druze, the butler, behaves erratically; later, Leslie and Chief Inspector Coldwell come upon Druze’s corpse on Barnes Common, shot and clutching a square emerald. Leslie follows a trail of searched belongings (passport, New York ticket, a stuffed wallet) and bare footprints, then confronts Lady Raytham, whose emerald chain is somehow intact despite a matching pendant found in the dead man’s hand. Pressed about her movements, Lady Raytham admits she discovered the body and collapses when Peter’s name is mentioned, setting the core mystery and suspects in motion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The seventh shot : A detective story" by Herman Landon is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. Set in Broadway’s backstage world, it follows volatile new star Alan Mortimer, producer Max Dukane, and ingénue Sybil Merivale as their show collides with the ousted leading lady Grace Templeton and the calculating Kitty Legaye. When anonymous threats and jealousies surface, detective Jim Barrison moves from a technical consultant on fingerprints to an uneasy guardian as danger seems to gather for opening night. The opening of the novel traces a sweltering rehearsal season on the Rialto: Kitty befriends job-hunting Sybil over lunch, Mortimer (already the object of multiple entanglements) impulsively anoints her his new leading woman after Grace Templeton is fired, and Dukane cautiously agrees to test her. Rehearsals reveal Mortimer’s intoxicating charm and predatory will—he forces an onstage kiss during the “tag,” rattling Sybil and stoking Norman Crane’s jealousy—while a superstitious stage manager frets and an anonymous letter warns Mortimer of doom “on the opening night.” Barrison, brought in to coach a fingerprint scene, quietly reads the room: Grace’s smoldering fury, Kitty’s designs, Sybil’s fearful fascination, and Mortimer’s enraged response to the note; Grace later tries (and fails) to hire him to shadow Mortimer, and Tony Clay reports she has bought a revolver. On opening night, with the theater stifling and security tightened, Barrison spots Grace in a box dressed in black, watches her sit strangely calm as Mortimer makes his entrance, and senses the fuse has been lit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Lillian's Vow; or, The Mystery of Raleigh House" by Mrs. E. Burke Collins is a novel written in the late 19th century. It’s a sensational mystery-romance set in urban high society, beginning with the murder of Gilbert Leigh and his daughter Lillian’s vow to unmask the killer. Drawn into the orbit of the powerful Raleigh family, Lillian crosses paths with jealous heiress Rosamond, her menacing brother Richard, noble journalist Jack Lyndon, and the poised yet secretive Lenore Van Alstyne, as intrigue, class cruelty, and even a possible haunting gather around Raleigh House. The opening of the story launches with the nighttime assault and strangulation of Gilbert Leigh, the theft of his memorandum-book, and Lillian’s chilling vow over his body to find the murderer. Soon after, Rosamond Raleigh’s orphaned maid Noisette dies at her work, the family quietly suppresses any inquest, and Lillian—seeking refuge and employment—becomes Rosamond’s “companion,” only to be mistreated and menaced by Richard. At a Raleigh reception, a clairvoyant announces that Gilbert’s killer is present, the lights fail, and Lenore Van Alstyne collapses, hinting at buried secrets. Jack Lyndon protects Lillian from Richard’s advances, while Rosamond’s jealousy spikes; later, Lillian and Rosamond witness what seems to be Noisette’s ghost painting in the “round room.” The section closes with Lillian receiving an anonymous summons promising a clew to her father’s killer, while Lenore faces her domineering husband and the ominous question of “C. F.,” deepening the sense of mystery and scandal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Sergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted Police : A thrilling story of the Canadian…." by John G. Rowe is an adventure novel written in the early 20th century. Set along the Canadian Rockies near the U.S. border, it follows Sergeant John Dick of the Mounties as he tangles with the masked White Hood rustlers and a rising threat from Paquita Island’s Reservation. Aiding him are Muriel Arnold and her family, who inhabit “Water Castle,” a fortified lake house with a sailing scow known as the Ark. The focus is on fast-paced chases, sieges, and frontier ingenuity. The opening of the story finds Sergeant Dick battling a gale in Crooked Gulch when he stumbles upon a stagecoach robbery by hooded outlaws; wounded in the skirmish, he’s rescued by Muriel Arnold and her cousin Jenny and brought to their unique stronghold on Lake Paquita. After a brisk tour of the cleverly fortified “Water Castle,” news arrives that the Arnolds’ men are fleeing in canoes from armed Indigenous pursuers, and a running firefight—amplified by the lake’s uncanny echo—follows. As reinforcements of canoes appear, the family and Dick prepare the house for siege; Dick’s attempt to parley with the chief, Howling Wolf, is answered with treachery, and a night assault begins. The attackers try a silent climb onto the verandah, narrowly miss felling the defenders with thrown weapons, and are driven off by Dick’s shooting. When Howling Wolf attempts to cut the Ark free and use it as cover, Muriel’s blazing tar-barrel illuminates the scene, and Dick and the Arnolds shift the fight aboard the Ark, where the opening portion closes with them repelling boarders from within the shuttered cabin. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Karl Grier : The strange story of a man with a sixth sense" by Louis Tracy is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Karl Grier, a vigorous, big-hearted man endowed with a “sixth sense” he and his friend dub telegnomy—an ability to see and hear events at a distance and to intuit the meanings behind animal and human sounds. Told by a close confidant in a brisk, semi-scientific tone, the story blends adventure, detection, and speculative psychology. Early episodes span India, the sea, and Oxford, as Karl’s gift draws him toward Maggie Hutchinson, the Armenian Constantine, and a shady New York agent named Steindal. The opening of the novel frames Karl’s uncanny faculty and its first proofs: as a child in India he “knows” of a planned tea-garden raid and saves the Hutchinsons, and later on a homeward voyage he pinpoints an overboard passenger, Constantine, for rescue. A sympathetic doctor, Macpherson, muses on Karl’s abnormal sensory power, while schooling in Britain dulls it until a menagerie brawl and other triggers revive it. At Oxford, with his American friend Frank Hooper observing, Karl’s trances sharpen: he glimpses Manhattan Beach and a storm-tossed liner, the Merlin, likely carrying Maggie Hutchinson. Testing himself again, he “travels” to New York, watches Constantine with the theatrical agent Steindal, deciphers a coded cable meant to snare Maggie with a concert offer, and—when a restaurant band begins to play—finds he can hear across the ocean as well as see. The tension peaks when Karl’s focused attention seems to spark Constantine’s shark-vision panic, echoing his earlier near-drowning. The narrator then reveals his long-standing tie to Karl’s family, foreshadowing his role in the unfolding account. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Murder mask by Edgar Daniel Kramer is a short piece of weird/crime fiction written in the late 1930s. Centered on a cursed medieval-style silk mask, it explores how jealousy, inheritance, and a high-society masquerade collide when the wearer is fated to kill the one they love before dawn. Antonio Colletti, embittered after Nita Tosca marries his cousin Tomaso Romani, returns with the ominous mask and a warning verse, secretly prepared to use poison if needed. At their all-night masque, Romani dons the mask and grows violently jealous, dragging Nita into an alcove where, in a frenzy, he stabs her. Horrified, he forces Colletti to put on the mask; compelled to slay whom he loves best—himself—Colletti drinks his own poison and dies. Romani then kills himself beside Nita as the revelry ends and morning breaks. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The Corbin Necklace" by Henry Kitchell Webster is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a prominent Midwestern family on the eve of Judith Corbin’s wedding, when an infamous pearl necklace becomes the center of danger, pride, and intrigue. Narrated by a nearby family friend confined with a broken leg, the story watches sharp-eyed young Punch, reluctant bride Judy, their formidable grandmother, their strained mother Victoria, and returning Uncle Alec as a vanished heirloom exposes hidden loyalties and fault lines. The opening of the novel sets the scene: Punch frets that newspapers have announced the pearls as Judy’s wedding gift, the neighbor-narrator sketches the Corbin dynasty and its iron-willed matriarch, and Judy arrives home ambivalent about her marriage to Bruce Applebury. At The Oaks, Punch discovers the safe once left unlocked; tensions flare between Victoria and Mrs. Corbin over who should have the necklace; Judy hints at her grandmother’s morphine use; and Uncle Alec reappears from the Philippines. On the day the guests arrive, Judy abruptly feigns a sprained ankle after a jolting encounter, and that evening Mrs. Corbin invites her to wear the pearls—but the case proves empty, prompting Victoria to urge secrecy while Alec argues for detectives. The party continues: Judy hides a hastily delivered note in a vase, Punch keeps a nocturnal watch, glimpses a man in torn, pale pajamas heading upstairs, and encounters Miss Digby in the hall, until morning brings Punch a sudden idea about where to look, cutting the opening on a taut cliff. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Red aces: Being three cases of Mr. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace is a collection of detective stories written in the early 20th century. It follows the mild, methodical investigator J.G. Reeder as he untangles coolly executed crimes rooted in money, fraud, and murder around London. The first case pivots on a reclusive man’s death, cryptic playing-card clues, and the fraught ties among bank clerk Kenneth McKay, the enigmatic Margot Lynn, and polished clubman Rufus Machfield. The opening of the book sets a snowy, ominous scene: Kenneth, desperately in love with Margot, grows suspicious after seeing her with an older man and then receives her abrupt farewell. That night a lawyer and a mounted policeman find the battered body of a recluse, Wentford, on a country lane; Reeder arrives, traces the trail to Wentford’s fortified cottage, discovers two aces pinned to the door, evidence of a violent struggle and burnt diaries, and finds Margot inside, terrified and claiming secretarial ties to the dead man. While the policeman later turns up shot dead, Reeder and Inspector Gaylor lie in wait at the cottage and flush an intruder who escapes through a window. The investigation widens to the bank: £600 withdrawn from Wentford’s account by a veiled “lady” is traced via banknotes to Kenneth, who admits only that he jealously followed Margot to the house; Reeder also uncovers French banknotes in a safe and a memo linking the victim to Kenneth’s father, George McKay. Parallel threads reveal Machfield’s discreet gambling rooms and his associate Ena Burslem, whom Reeder pointedly identifies. The section closes with Margot, under Reeder’s quiet pressure, conceding that Kenneth entered the house shortly after she arrived and with Reeder insisting she keep the keys to a safe-deposit box her uncle had entrusted to her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The Hunniwell boys and the platinum mystery" by L. P. Wyman is a juvenile aviation adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on brothers Bill and Gordon Hunniwell and Secret Service agent Steve Rogers as they pursue a century-old clue to a hidden cache of precious metal in the Hawaiian Islands. Flying their experimental electric plane, the Albatross, they combine sleuthing with daring flight and face shadowy opposition around Molokai’s rugged cliffs. The opening of this novel follows the boys from a Maine fishing trip to a visit by Rogers, who reveals an 1816 attic letter and map hinting at a stash of metal impervious to nitric acid—likely platinum—hidden on Molokai. They agree to search for it, depart in the Albatross, and make a cross-country-and-Pacific flight marked by a thunderstorm, a ghostly mail-plane encounter, and a close pass over a whale before fog forces a blind landing on a beach. After resupplying in Honolulu, they camp near Laau Point, hear an eerie night wail, and begin searching sea-cliffs between tides. Their battery cells are stolen, but they track down a Japanese thief and recover them; later, someone tries to crush them with a rock from a rift above the shore. Deciding it’s unsafe below the cliffs, they reconnoiter from the air and keep guard—until Gordon vanishes from camp. Finding the plane’s motor brushes removed, they fit spares, take off, and finally spot a hidden hut in a dense thicket, where the opening section breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Hänen viimeinen tervehdyksensä: Muutamia muistelmia Sherlock Holmesista" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection published in 1917. This anthology gathers previously published Sherlock Holmes stories, including the titular tale about Holmes' wartime service. The collection features a preface by Dr. Watson assuring readers that the great detective, though long retired and suffering from rheumatism, remains alive and well. Eight cases spanning from 1893 to 1917 showcase Holmes' investigative brilliance across mysterious disappearances, espionage plots, and deadly conspiracies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Ruhtinatar Aurore (»Königsmark»)" by Pierre Benoît is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the French officer-scholar Raoul Vignerte, who becomes tutor to a German prince at the court of Lautenburg-Detmold on the eve of the Great War and is drawn into perilous palace intrigues around the elusive Grand Duchess Aurore and the calculating Grand Duke Friedrich‑August. Framed by a soldier’s recollection at the front, the story promises a blend of romance, espionage, and political mystery within a haunted German court. The opening of the novel places a French company in a bleak frontline sector in 1914, where the narrator and Lieutenant Raoul Vignerte settle their men, encounter a dead German from the 182nd Regiment, and the name “Lautenburg” visibly disturbs Vignerte. In a dugout that night, after forced card play and a silent patrol past fresh graves, Vignerte begins his confession. His backstory shifts to 1913 Paris: a stalled academic career, a chance meeting with a well-connected acquaintance who steers him toward a lucrative post tutoring the young Joachim at the Lautenburg-Detmold court, and a cautioned interview with Professor Thierry, who hints at troubling deaths, unusual succession, and the dangerous character of Grand Duke Friedrich‑August. Vignerte then secures the position from the French envoy de Marçais—complete with funds and instructions, even a test in recitation for the poetry-loving Grand Duchess—while Thierry offers sober teaching advice, and departure for the German court becomes imminent. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Morgue kadun kauhu" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story published in 1841. In Paris, two women are found brutally murdered in a locked room—one with her throat cut, the other strangled and stuffed up a chimney. Witnesses heard two voices but cannot agree on the language spoken. Amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin investigates the baffling crime, discovering clues that suggest something shocking: the killer may not be human at all. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The new terror" by Gaston Leroux is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a romantic-psychological mystery with occult overtones, in which a devoted young man, Hector, sees his lifelong love for his cousin Cordélia undermined by an enigmatic English painter whose art exerts an uncanny influence. Themes of hypnotic suggestion, auras, and the idea of a “stolen heart” drive the tension as love, jealousy, and belief collide. The opening of the novel follows Hector from childhood betrothal to Cordélia through his American sojourn and return, where he senses a troubling change in her tied to her art and a mysterious painter. Summoned to the gloomy estate of Vascoeuil, he learns Cordélia and her father have been abroad, sees a shadowy man at Hennequeville, and then hastily marries Cordélia upon their return. At the wedding an unsigned gift arrives: a luminous portrait of Cordélia, clearly by the English painter “Patrick,” which radiates a strange power. That night Cordélia claims she is “as cold as the portrait,” speaks fervently of auras and suggestion, gazes on the painting, and falls into a rigid hypnotic sleep; a local doctor fails, but the specialist Dr. Thurel identifies hypnotic influence and, after blowing on the portrait’s eyes, rouses her. She wakes speaking as if she has shared a moonlit walk and a “golden chamber,” memories that do not match Hector’s reality. The next day she is loving yet altered, and on the second night she is again drawn to the moonlit park, asks Hector to recite Byron as if replaying another man’s words, begs him to save her, and collapses once more into rigidity—leaving Hector terrified that an unseen rival is directing her soul. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Missing men by Vincent Starrett" is a detective short story written in the early 20th century. It follows the cool-headed sleuth Lavender as he probes a spate of puzzling disappearances in Chicago. The likely topic is a web of vanishing men tied to the theatre, stage identities, and a family secret that has been carefully hidden. When a picture broker named Peter Vanderdonck, a popular comedian named Charles Merritt, and finally the wealthy Cyril Minor all seem to vanish, Lavender pieces together odd clues: a nearly unused office, greasepaint traces at a washstand, a safe, and a newspaper note about actress Sidney Kane. He deduces that Merritt and Vanderdonck are the same person—and then that Minor is both of them, living a double (and triple) life to avoid publicity while secretly reunited with his former wife, Sidney Kane. A suspicious telegram signed “Father” instead of “Dad” sends Lavender and Minor’s daughter, Shirley, to Kane’s suburban home, where the truth emerges: Kane is Shirley’s mother; she and Minor have remarried, and Minor—struck ill—has been convalescing there under the cover story of an “invalid brother.” The disappearances are thus revealed as a theatrical masquerade rather than crime, ending in a family reconciliation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The adventures of Heine" by Edgar Wallace is a collection of espionage stories written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows Heine, a boastful German secret agent, as he recounts his wartime exploits in Britain with sardonic humor and self-aggrandizing flair. Expect sly reversals, covert schemes, and satirical portraits of both spies and the supposed “enemy,” all filtered through Heine’s unreliable bravado. The opening of the narrative finds Heine reassigned from New York to London at the outbreak of war, where he quickly deploys agents using quirky identifiers and basks in his own cleverness. His star operative, Alexander Koos, courts a Woolwich engineer’s daughter for armament secrets but is outplayed by a young woman from British Intelligence and executed, forcing Heine to flee to Scotland. There, a supposed ally on a Highland hill proves to be a Swiss forger; Heine escapes while his colleague is arrested. Shifted to industrial propaganda in Manchester, Heine funds a fiery labor agitator, targets a chemical firm’s secret grenade plans, and clashes with the enigmatic Miss Harrymore—stealing a march on her by denouncing her as a German spy—only to learn she was actually a German agent, leaving him to spin a face-saving report as the section closes with mention of another captured operative and the introduction of Mister Haynes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

La marque des quatre by Arthur Conan Doyle is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate Miss Mary Morstan’s troubling case involving her missing father, mysterious pearls sent annually, and whispers of a hidden treasure tied to soldiers from India. The opening of the novel presents Holmes’s restless intellect and cocaine use, his method of observation and deduction (demonstrated through a revealing analysis of Watson’s watch), and the arrival of Miss Morstan with her story: her father vanished years earlier, she has since received yearly rare pearls, and a new letter invites her to a secret meeting. Holmes and Watson accompany her to the rendezvous, are whisked through foggy London to Thaddeus Sholto, who recounts how his father, Major Sholto, concealed Captain Morstan’s sudden death during a quarrel about a trove from India, hid the treasure, feared a one‑legged man, and died amid a mysterious intrusion marked “The Sign of Four.” Thaddeus explains that his twin, Bartholomew, has just found the treasure in a concealed garret, and the group rushes to Pondicherry Lodge, where a wary gatekeeper and a distraught housekeeper deepen the unease. At the top of the house they find Bartholomew’s laboratory locked; through the keyhole they glimpse his ghastly, frozen face, and as Holmes and Watson break down the door, the scene of the first crisis comes into view. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"The tomb of Ts'in" by Edgar Wallace is an adventure-thriller novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a dangerous hunt for the legendary tomb of China’s First Emperor, mixing crime, espionage, and archaeology. The key players include the flamboyant adventurer Captain Ted Talham, the brilliant Italian sleuth Signor Tillizinni, the poised Yvonne Yale, and the ruthless Mr. Soo, all entangled with a murderous secret society and a priceless jade clue. The opening of the story introduces the stakes through repeated attempts to rob a ship’s safe carrying a Chinese Embassy mailbag, leading Tillizinni to the Ambassador, whose historical article about the First Emperor’s burial becomes the catalyst for intrigue. Talham rescues Yvonne from Chinese pursuers in Hyde Park and deciphers the inscription on her ancient jade bracelet—directions that seem to point toward the tomb—before persuading her to let him hold it for safety. Soon after, the Ambassador is found strangled and a Chinese assailant shot dead in a bureau drawer; a vital envelope is empty, and the suave Mr. Soo emerges as a formidable rival, mobilizing his secret-society network. As deceptions multiply—a fake bracelet is swapped, two burglars (Talham and Tillizinni) collide in de Costa’s house, and a bomb nearly kills the detective—the strands tighten around the tomb’s secret, with social niceties masking a deadly contest for the true jade clue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Slighted love : or, At her heart's expense" by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Italy Vale, a striking young woman determined to clear her mother’s name after her father’s murder, as she enters her wealthy kinsman’s New England home and confronts old scandals, dangerous secrets, and fraught romances. The story weaves melodrama and mystery around inheritance, social stigma, and the hazards of love, with key figures including the reserved heir Francis Murray, the charming Percy Seabright, and the volatile Mrs. Dunn. The opening of the story reveals Italy’s mother confessing that Italy’s father was murdered and that she herself was tried and acquitted, yet condemned by public opinion; years later, after her mother’s death, Italy goes to Francis Murray’s seaside estate, The Lodge, suspecting him because he benefited from the entail. Tension rises as Italy somnambulates into his library in search of her father’s missing diary, Francis confronts her motives, and she flees to Boston to seek her mother’s old lawyer. There she is deceived by a clerk, Craig Severn, lured to a private house, and nearly assaulted before a mysterious shot kills him; found later walking in her sleep, she is retrieved by Francis and brought back. She meets Percy Seabright—her father’s friend—and faints; newspapers soon report Severn’s body found with a bullet wound. Emmett Harlow gently courts Italy and is refused, while jealous Alys Audenreid and her aunt Mrs. Dunn bristle; during a yacht outing Italy is pushed overboard, rescued by Ralph Allen and Francis, and Mrs. Dunn spitefully accuses Emmett before Francis quells the charge. These chapters set the central quest—finding the truth behind the murder and the missing diary—amid simmering jealousy, peril, and uncertain loyalties. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

"Le cas étrange du docteur Jekyll; Un logement pour la nuit" by Stevenson is a collection of fiction written in the late 19th century. It pairs a Gothic investigation into the bond between the esteemed Dr. Jekyll and the menacing Mr. Hyde with an additional tale likely set in medieval Paris. The main thread follows lawyer Mr. Utterson as he probes the unsettling overlap between public respectability and hidden vice in Victorian London. The opening of the collection introduces Mr. Utterson, who hears Enfield’s story of a cruel, small man named Hyde using a key to a mysterious door and producing a dubious cheque linked to Dr. Jekyll. Troubled by Jekyll’s will that favors Hyde, Utterson seeks and confronts Hyde, confirms his access to Jekyll’s home, and soon learns of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Carew; Hyde disappears, while police find evidence in his Soho rooms. Jekyll disavows Hyde and shows a note, which Utterson’s clerk remarks resembles Jekyll’s handwriting; Lanyon then falls fatally ill after a secret rupture with Jekyll and dies, leaving a sealed packet, while Jekyll grows reclusive. The section ends as Poole, Jekyll’s servant, fearfully begs Utterson to come at once, implying something is terribly wrong behind the locked laboratory door. (This is an automatically generated summary.)