The Spiritualists and the Detectives

Pinkerton #5

by Allan Pinkerton

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: G. W. Carleton Subjects: Detectives Spiritualists Detective and mystery plays, American Fiction / Mystery

210 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1876

About the author

Notorious agency of Scottish-American detective Allan Pinkerton broke strikes and disrupted labor efforts to unionize.

People best know this spy for creating the national agency. In 1849, people in Chicago first appointed Pinkerton. In the 1850s, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the northwestern police agency, later known nationally and still in existence today as Pinkerton consulting and investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas Aktiebolag.

Business insignia of Pinkerton included a wide open eye with the caption, "We never sleep."

People posthumously published exploits of his agents, perhaps some ghostwritten for promotion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_P...

Reviews

[Ronnie Cramer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've really enjoyed reading these (ghost-written, I assume) exploits from legendary detective Allan Pinkerton, but this is not the best example and I definitely don't recommend starting with this one. The old-school writing in this series is an acquired taste, but this entry is particularly verbose.

[Betty · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not a fan of book involving the spirit world.

[Debbie Zapata · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first case was interesting but the second was too dull for words and I gave up on the whole thing.