title: Hunter: The Assassin Journals (Volume 1)
author:  S. L. Partington 
description: Author S.L. Partington is most comfortable writing Fantasy and Science Fiction, although she has been known to dabble in other genres as well. Her most recent accomplishments include the publication of her historical novella, The Piper, by Marion Margaret Press. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta Canada and is the proud single mother of an amazing grown son currently serving in the Canadian military. While her son is away, she is owned by her feline child, Chirpa. http://www.facebook.com/pages/S-L-Partington/358204647536572 https://twitter.com/authorslp http://authorslpartington.bravehost.com/
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  # The Expressman and the Detective
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Allan Pinkerton
  
  
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  * [PREFACE.](exde_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.](exde_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I.](exde_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II.](exde_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III.](exde_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV.](exde_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V.](exde_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI.](exde_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII.](exde_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII.](exde_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX.](exde_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X.](exde_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI.](exde_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII.](exde_split_15.html#1_0_15)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII.](exde_split_16.html#1_0_16)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIV.](exde_split_17.html#1_0_17)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XV.](exde_split_18.html#1_0_18)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVI.](exde_split_19.html#1_0_19)
  
  
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