title: A Brush with Death (Rue Morgue Vintage Mysteries)
author: Sheila Pim
description: Making its first U.S. appearance is Sheila Pim's gently witty A Brush with Death (1950), another in Rue Morgue's Vintage Mystery series. Quick-tempered Irish artist Fergus Gandon seeks refuge from a poisoner at his sister's home in Dublin, but he finds only a temporary respite from whoever is trying to kill him. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # Strange Pages from Family Papers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### T. F. Thiselton Dyer
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. FATAL CURSES.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE SCREAMING SKULL.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. ECCENTRIC VOWS.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. STRANGE BANQUETS.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. MYSTERIOUS ROOMS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. INDELIBLE BLOOD STAINS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. CURIOUS SECRETS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE DEAD HAND.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. DEVIL COMPACTS.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. FAMILY DEATH OMENS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. WEIRD POSSESSIONS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. ROMANCE OF DISGUISE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCES.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. HONOURED HEARTS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. ROMANCE OF WEALTH.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. LUCKY ACCIDENTS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. FATAL PASSION.
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Illustration: “FOR THE BLAST OF DEATH IS ON THE HEATH, AND THE
  
  
  GRAVE YAWNS WIDE FOR THE CHILD OF 