title: The Tamerlane Trap: The Third Adventure from the Biblio Files
author: Ralph Raab
description: Ralph Raab began his writing career at the age of 10, when his teachers made him write things 100 times after school. He's been writing his way into and out of trouble ever since. A teacher of music, computers, and study skills for over 20 years, Ralph lives with his wife, daughters, and an annoying parrot in a town in New Jersey that closely resembles Bleakhouse. He looks just like his author photo, but somewhat fatter and very, very much older. Ralph is currently at work on two books-one for children and one for adults.
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  # Table Of Contents
  
  
  [Louis Tracy](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos2658)
  
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  [CHAPTER I. THE OUTCOME OF ARTISTIC
  CURIOSITY](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos2714)  
  [CHAPTER II. THE COMPACT](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos32451)  
  [CHAPTER III. IN THE TOILS](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos55992)  
  [CHAPTER IV. A TELEPHONIC TALK AND ITS
  CONSEQUENCES](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos81923)  
  [CHAPTER V. A LEAP IN THE
  DARK](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos108052)  
  [CHAPTER VI. CLOSE QUARTERS](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos135323)  
  [CHAPTER VII. WHEREIN MR. FORBES EXPLAINS
  HIMSELF](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos161725)  
  [CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST COUNTER-
  STROKE](Number%20Seventeen_split_003.html#filepos185316)  
  [CHAPTER IX. SHARP WORK](Number%20Seventeen_split_004.html#filepos209399)  
  [CHAPTER X. CAPTURES ON BOTH
  SIDES](Number%20Seventeen_split_004.