A WOMAN AT BAY - A Fiend in Skirts (Detective Nick Carter Mystery)
A Victorian Detective Adventure of Disguise, Deception, and Urban ViceBy John R. Coryell
Length8h 3m
About this audiobook
A Woman at Bay—also published under the arresting subtitle A Fiend in Skirts—belongs to the formative tradition of American dime detective fiction. Its narrative centers on Nick Carter, the celebrated investigator whose powers of observation, disguise, deduction, and persistent pursuit convert apparent disorder into a solvable case. Coryell combines brisk plotting, perilous reversals, sensational crime, and melodramatic characterization, producing a work designed for suspenseful serial reading rather than psychological realism. The book's gendered title and emphasis on threat, deception, and social danger also reflect the late-nineteenth-century popular-fiction fascination with the "dangerous woman," while its compact episodes and emphatic moral contrasts place it squarely within the developing culture of mass-market detective literature. John R. Coryell was a journalist and prolific popular author best known for establishing Nick Carter as one of America's earliest enduring fictional detectives. Writing during a period when inexpensive magazines and pamphlets were expanding readership, Coryell helped shape the conventions later associated with pulp mystery: the brilliant professional investigator, the ingenious criminal plot, rapid action, and recurring series hero. His experience in journalism likely informed the narrative's economy, topical energy, and attention to clues, while the demands of serialized entertainment encouraged a strong hook and frequent narrative complications. Readers interested in the origins of American detective fiction, the history of popular publishing, or the evolution of the series hero will find A Woman at Bay especially rewarding. It offers not only an engaging mystery but also a revealing document of the cultural anxieties and literary techniques that made Nick Carter a foundational figure in crime fiction.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 21, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1DETECTIVE NICK CARTER'S CASES (Annotated)
2Chapter I. The King of the Yeggmen
3Chapter II. The Yeggmen’s Camp Fire
4Chapter III. The “King’s” Lieutenant
5Chapter IV. The Outlaw’s Home
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6Chapter V. Nick’s Wonderful Strength
7Chapter VI. Nick Carter Robs a Bank
8Chapter VII. The Detective’s Predicament
9Chapter VIII. The Detectives Face a Crisis
10Chapter IX. The Escape From the Swamp
11Chapter X. Escape of the Hobo Queen
12Chapter XI. Patsy’s Dangerous Mission
13Chapter XII. Bill Turner, the Woodsman
14Chapter XIII. Black Madge’s Lieutenant
15Chapter XIV. Black Madge Gives Judgment
16Chapter XV. Nick’s Cleverest Capture
17Chapter XVI. Nick Makes Bad Medicine
18Chapter XVII. A Wholesale Round-Up
19Chapter XVIII. Black Madge’s Threat
20Chapter XIX. The Band of Hatred
21Chapter XX. A Chapter of Accidents
22Chapter XXI. Curly John, the Bank Thief
23Chapter XXII. At Mike Grinnel’s Dive
24Chapter XXIII. Black Madge’s Defiance
25Chapter XXIV. The Flight Through the Cellar
26Chapter XXV. The Man in the Bed
27Chapter XXVI. The Criminal’s Compact
28Chapter XXVII. The Glare of a Match
29Chapter XXVIII. Black Madge Caught in a Trap
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