The Imaginary Lover, by B.W. Richardson

Chapter 1. Circuses and bread.
Chapter 2. The good ship.
Chapter 3. The problem.
Chapter 4. The detective.
Chapter 5. Things that go bump on the head.
Chapter 6. The imaginary lover.
Chapter 7. Investigation and insinuation.
Chapter 8. Things get serious.
Chapter 9. The walls of Jericho.
Chapter 10 and beyond. Where it was going.