title: Isabel: The Secret Diary of a Discreet Secretary
author: Isabel Szlavik
description: Isabel Szlavik lives in Toronto, Canada, where she sits on the board of directors of her distribution company. She speaks five languages and has traveled extensively. Her work as a secretary took her to three continents. This is her first book.
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  # Elusive Isabel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Jacques Futrelle
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  I. MISS ISABEL THORNE
  
  
  II. MR. CAMPBELL AND THE CABLE
  
  
  III. THE LANGUAGE OF THE FAN
  
  
  IV. THE FLEEING WOMAN
  
  
  V. A VISIT TO THE COUNT
  
  
  VI. REVELATIONS
  
  
  VII. THE SIGNAL
  
  
  VIII. MISS THORNE AND NOT MISS THORNE
  
  
  IX. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
  
  
  X. A SAFE OPENING
  
  
  XI. THE LACE HANDKERCHIEF
  
  
  XII. THE VANISHING DIPLOMATIST
  
  
  XIII. A CONFERENCE IN THE DARK
  
  
  XIV. A RESCUE AND AN ESCAPE
  
  
  XV. MASTER OF THE SITUATION
  
  
  XVI. LETTERS FROM JAIL
  
  
  XVII. A CALL ON THE WARDEN
  
  
  XVIII. NOTICE TO LEAVE
  
  
  XIX. BY WIRELESS
  
  
  XX. THE LIGHT IN THE DOME
  
  
  XXI. A SLIP OF PAPER
  
  
  XXII. THE COMPACT
  
  
  XXIII. THE PERCUSSION CAP
  
  
  XXIV. THE PERSONAL EQUATION
  
  
  XXV. WE TWO
  
  
  XXVI. IN WHICH THEY BOTH WIN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Produced by Steven desJardins and
  
  
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  ELUSIVE ISABEL
  
  
  BY
  
  
  JACQUES FUTRELLE
  
  
  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 