The Treasure Train

Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #6

by Arthur B. Reeve

PROFESSOR CRAIG KENNEDY, SOMETIMES CALLED "THE AMERICAN SHERLOCK HOLMES", WILL NEED ALL OF HIS SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO SOLVE THESE MYSTERIES

A railroad vice president and his chauffeur are struck with sudden and mysterious seizures on their way to work; a family in New York City suffers from a dangerous disease; the healthy American consul in the Virgin Islands collapses and dies without explanation; a Wall Street speculator is apparently stabbed to death with a rubber dagger. When facing an unsolvable mystery that defies all easy explanation, Professor Craig Kennedy, armed with his knowledge of chemistry, technology, and Freudian psychology, is just the man for the job.

For more detective mysteries from Arthur B. Reeve, check out 'The Soul Scar' and 'The Exploits of Elaine'.




RUNNING TIME ⇒ 11hrs. and 30mins.

Public Domain (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Genres: Mystery

335 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1917

About the author

Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in 18 detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories were released in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm reading these books as a series, so my view may be prejudiced by a surfeit of Craig Kennedy. This offering seemed a little less good than the previous few, even granting my usual willingness to suspend disbelief and cope with a certain amount of formula writing. These stories were very obviously churned out and written solely for the purpose of talking about whatever whiz-bang "scientific" discovery the author had recently read about. The result: extremely long lead-ups during which all women are either beautiful, pathetic, intelligent, bent on evil, or adventuresses; questionable use of lie detection and Freudian psychology; lengthy paragraphs where Kennedy clearly *knows* but of course doesn't talk to anyone about it; and two-sentence reveals in front of all the dramatis personae.

[Les Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I’ve said in the past short story collections don’t usually rank high in my ratings. However this book does deserve 3½ stars. It’s only downfall to me was the very Abrupt endings.

[Cindy B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked reading once but not a re-read pleasure for me. Seem to enjoy the novel with Sherlock Holmes with the same name more, so far. Clean. ⭐️⭐️⭐️🔆

Higher rated the first read ... but I didn’t know the ending then.

[Alesha Adewoyin · Rating 1 out of 5]

it was rubbish never read this

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun great devices

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volume 5 - in the C. Kennedy series - however, the last story very long winded and dated.