Streszczenie książki Jack O’ Judgment

The story in 10 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A Playing Card Haunts a Powerful Man

   Colonel Dan Boundary lives in a grand flat in Albemarle Place and wants for nothing. One morning a letter marked private holds only a soiled Knave of Clubs with a name along its edge. The words are Jack o' Judgment. The colonel tosses it away, but he cannot toss away the face it calls to mind.

   That face belongs to Snow Gregory, a gambler who once worked for him. Gregory was shot dead in a Lambeth gutter with the same card on his body. A coroner's jury blamed persons unknown.

   More cards arrive. So the colonel asks Stafford King, the detective who has spent three years trying to break his gang, to hear his complaint. He calls himself a law-abiding citizen libeled for twenty years. King lists the bargains in his past, and the colonel only smiles and says there is no law against a bargain.

   The law is watching Boundary, while someone else has already begun to judge him. A single card has begun to crack his calm face.

2. 2

   Jack Walks Into the Gang's Meeting

   On a rainy night Pinto Silva, a polished Portuguese with a white rose in his buttonhole, waits at the stage door of the Orpheum Music Hall.

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3. 3

   A Witness Dies Before He Can Speak

   Stafford King arrests the colonel on the platform at Victoria station on a charge of blackmail and conspiracy.

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4. 4

   The Colonel's Method Is Blackmail Made Respectable

   The colonel explains his trade over dinner to John Crotin, a Yorkshire mill owner.

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5. 5

   Maisie Joins the Fight Against the Gang

   Maisie White leaves the stage.

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6. 6

   Maisie Vanishes and Solomon White Comes Home

   A week of quiet ends in the dark of Doughty Street.

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7. 7

   A Rescue That Comes With a Promise

   Maisie wakes in a house that calls itself a nursing home.

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8. 8

   Yorkshire Brings Traps, Masks and a Tragedy

   The colonel sees that his gang is shaking.

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9. 9

   Law Without Justice and Justice Without Law

   Sir Stanley Belcom lays out the problem to his department heads.

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10. 10

    A Story Told in Masks, Cards and Voices

    Wallace tells the story in short chapters, often ending on a revelation, a sudden threat or a dramatic reversal.

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