NICK CARTER: The Key Ring Clew

by Nicholas Carter

NICK The Key Ring Clewby Nicholas Cartera Dime-Novel DETECTIVE Adventure of 19th-century MASTER DETECTIVE, Nick Carter.Nick Carter "I should like to see you run down a murderer without ever viewing the body of the victim or the scene of the crime."24 CHAPTERS OF RIP-ROARING turn-of-the-19th-century DETECTIVE ACTION and INCREDIBLE ESCAPES!THE TELEGRAM THAT SET OFF THE MURDER INVESTIGATION and MANHUNT in THE CASE of DRAGON KEY RING "MY DEAR Our friend, Col. Langworthy, was found dead in his room this morning. He has been murdered. The deed was evidently done late last night before he retired. The murderer used a knife, which is still in his body. I found the window unlocked, and there are footprints outside; in the tracks I found part of what seems to be a key ring, a heavy silver semi-circle, the design being apparently a dragon with its tail in its mouth. Have informed no one as yet. Will you take the case?"REVENGE—INSURANCE FRAUD—MASS MURDER—BURIED TREASURETHE KEY RING CLEWor,ON THE EDGE OF DOOMby Nicholas CarterCONTENTSChapter THEORY AND PRACTICEChapter TWO STRANGERSChapter A MIDNIGHT VISITORChapter "LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE"Chapter AT THE INQUESTChapter IN THE DESERTED FORTChapter CLINCHING EVIDENCEChapter FRUITLESS SEARCHChapter PATSY SEES A BOATChapter TO THE RESCUEChapter NICK'S DISCOVERYChapter PATSY'S TEN-STRIKEChapter THE SURPRISE PARTYChapter WHAT THE TYPEWRITER KNEWChapter OLD MARVIN'S DEATHChapter THE THIEFChapter PATSY'S DELICATE GAMEChapter THE DEPOSIT CHECKChapter ON THE PIERChapter A BREAK FOR FREEDOMChapter ACROSS THE RIVERChapter PICKING UP THE TRAILChapter AT RED MOLL'SChapter CRAFT'S CONFESSION

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2010

About the author

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Nicholas Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective, who first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square in 1886. Publishers Street & Smith of New York published over 1,000 Nicholas Carter books, none of which carried author credits, although it is known that the first was by John R. Coryell, and many of the earliest volumes were by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey, Thomas C. Harbaugh and Eugene T. Sawyer. The Nicholas Carter name was treated as a pseudonym, and many volumes were written in the first person. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nick Carter is challenged to solve a crime by not seeing the body of the victim of the scene of the crime. He gets a letter about Col. Langworthy being found dead in a locked room. He sets about unravelling the mystery.

Okay. A bit disjointed. Not smoothly written.