Chapter I: Front Matter

The Unknown Seven

_A Detective Story_

BY
HARRY COVERDALE

CHELSEA HOUSE
79 Seventh Avenue New York City

Copyright, 1923
By CHELSEA HOUSE

The Unknown Seven

(Printed in the United States of America)

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. +The Woman in the Limousine+ 9

II. +Temptation+ 20

III. +The Temptress Speaks+ 36

IV. +“Yellow”+ 46

V. +Disguised+ 58

VI. +Doctor Latham+ 73

VII. +Cole Receives a Warning+ 85

VIII. +The Unknown Seven+ 94

IX. +The Red Light+ 106

X. +Pursuit+ 117

XI. +Behind the Locked Door+ 125

XII. +In Four Rounds+ 132

XIII. +The Morning’s Mail+ 141

XIV. +Cole’s Ruse+ 153

XV. +The Traitor Unmasked+ 171

XVI. +Gold+ 186

XVII. +In Room 2512+ 201

XVIII. +The Light in the Window+ 217

XIX. +A Warning+ 228

XX. +The Veneer of Intelligence+ 239

XXI. +The Face at the Window+ 256

XXII. +A Duel of Wits+ 265

XXIII. +The Seventh Ingredient+ 271

XXIV. +Cornered+ 280

XXV. +Face to Face+ 288

XXVI. +A Cry+ 299

XXVII. +The Way Out+ 309

XXVIII. +The Enemy Strikes+ 314

THE UNKNOWN SEVEN