
THE WHITE CIPHER
THE WHITE CIPHER CHAPTER ITHE OPEN GATE
CHAPTER IISCOTLAND YARD
CHAPTER IIITHE CIPHER
CHAPTER IVSAIDEE ISAACS
CHAPTER VAT DAYBREAK
CHAPTER VIEDGED TOOLS
CHAPTER VIIPASSENGERS FOR HOLLAND
CHAPTER VIIILURKING SHADOWS
CHAPTER IXROBBERY UNDER ARMS
In the bleak dawn of a Dartmoor prison, the notorious C‑45—known to the underworld as Chester Fay—awakens to an unexpected summons. After ten years of hard labor for a daring Hatton Gardens heist, he is escorted through the stone corridors by a tired turnkey, the clank of iron doors echoing his restless heartbeat. The gray walls and cold stone give way to a courtyard framed by castellated towers, where the promise of freedom flickers like the sunrise outside. Yet the freedom he seeks is shadowed by the stern gaze of Scotland Yard.
Waiting at the courtyard’s center is Inspector MacKeenon, a sharp‑eyed detective whose earlier testimony helped convict Fay. Their silent confrontation hints at a tangled game of secrets, old grudges, and a mysterious “white cipher” that could rewrite both their fates. As Fay steps forward, listeners are drawn into a tense cat‑and‑mouse chase that promises danger, clever twists, and a race against time.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (356K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919.
Credits
Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-10-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1885–1931
A pulp-era storyteller with a life almost as dramatic as his fiction, he wrote fast-moving crime and adventure tales and saw some of his work reach the screen. His background is still a little hazy, which only adds to the intrigue around him.
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