# The Avenger — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Avenger by Edgar Wallace.

- [I: The Headhunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/i-the-headhunter.md): Captain Mike Brixan, a Foreign Office Intelligence agent, is recalled from Berlin just as he was close to solving the mystery of the Slovak Treaty. His chief, Major George Staines, assigns him to investigate the latest v
- [II: Mr. Sampson Longvale Calls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/ii-mr-sampson-longvale-calls.md): Adele Leamington approaches director Jack Knebworth to ask for a better part in his film, but he brusquely dismisses her, advising her to return home. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Sampson Longv
- [III: The Niece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/iii-the-niece.md): Adele Leamington, a struggling film actress, receives an early morning visit from a man claiming to be a reporter. He questions her about her uncle, Francis Elmer, who has disappeared. Adele reveals she barely knows him,
- [IV: The Leading Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/iv-the-leading-lady.md): Adele Leamington is unexpectedly cast as the lead in Jack Knebworth's film after star Stella Mendoza quits in a rage. While studying her script, she encounters Michael Brixan, who recognizes the typed pages as matching t
- [V: Mr. Lawley Foss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/v-mr-lawley-foss.md): Michael Brixan, a detective from the Foreign Office, visits a film studio to investigate a mysterious sheet of script that may be linked to the Headhunter murders. He meets Jack Knebworth, the director, and the troubled 

> 35 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_avenger_se_1488kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Master of Griff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/vi-the-master-of-griff.md)
- [VII: The Swords and Bhag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/vii-the-swords-and-bhag.md)
- [Bhag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/viii-bhag.md)
- [IX: The Ancestor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/ix-the-ancestor.md)
- [X: The Open Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/x-the-open-window.md)
- [XI: The Mark on the Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xi-the-mark-on-the-window.md)
- [A Cry from a Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xii-a-cry-from-a-tower.md)
- [XIII: The Trap That Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xiii-the-trap-that-failed.md)
- [Mendoza Makes a Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xiv-mendoza-makes-a-fight.md)
- [Two from the Yard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xv-two-from-the-yard.md)
- [XVI: The Brown Man from Nowhere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xvi-the-brown-man-from-nowhere.md)
- [Mr. Foss Makes a Suggestion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xvii-mr-foss-makes-a-suggestion.md)
- [XIX: The Midnight Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xix-the-midnight-visit.md)
- [XX: A Narrow Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xx-a-narrow-escape.md)
- [The Erasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxi-the-erasure.md)
- [XXII: The Head](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxii-the-head.md)
- [XXIII: Clues at the Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxiii-clues-at-the-tower.md)
- [The Marks of the Beast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxiv-the-marks-of-the-beast.md)
- [XXV: The Man in the Car](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxv-the-man-in-the-car.md)
- [XXVI: The Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxvi-the-hand.md)
- [The Caves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxvii-the-caves.md)
- [XXVIII: The Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxviii-the-tower.md)
- [Bhag's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxix-bhag-s-return.md)
- [The Advertisement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxx-the-advertisement.md)
- [XXXI: John Percival Liggitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxi-john-percival-liggitt.md)
- [XXXII: Gregory's Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxii-gregory-s-way.md)
- [The Trap That Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-trap-that-failed.md)
- [XXXIV: The Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-search.md)
- [XXXV: What Happened to Adele](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxv-what-happened-to-adele.md)
- [At the Tower Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxvii-at-the-tower-again.md)
- [XXXVIII: The Cavern of Bones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-cavern-of-bones.md)
- [Michael Knows for Sure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xxxix-michael-knows-for-sure.md)
- [The Widow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xl-the-widow.md)
- [XLI: The Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xli-the-death.md)
- [XLII: Camera!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_avenger_se/chapters/xlii-camera.md)

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