Detective Kennedy's Cases
Scientific Detective Mysteries of Chemistry, Toxicology, Wireless Communication, and Early Forensic InvestigationBy Arthur B. Reeve
Length115h 23m
About this audiobook
Arthur B. Reeve's *Detective Kennedy's Cases* gathers scientific detective narratives featuring Craig Kennedy, the celebrated "American Sherlock Holmes," whose investigations turn on chemistry, fingerprints, microscopy, psychology, and other emergent forensic disciplines. Rather than relying chiefly on intuition or melodramatic confession, Kennedy treats crime as an empirical puzzle, interpreting minute physical traces and reconstructing events through disciplined observation. The collection therefore belongs to the formative tradition of early twentieth-century scientific detective fiction, while also reflecting the period's fascination with laboratories, modern technology, urban anonymity, and the authority of expert knowledge. Reeve combines brisk journalistic prose, tightly managed suspense, explanatory dialogue, and sensational incident, making each case both entertainment and a popular demonstration of applied science. Reeve (1880–1936), a prolific American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter, developed Kennedy during an era when criminology and forensic investigation were entering public consciousness. His professional engagement with contemporary reporting, technological innovation, and popular education helped shape stories that translate specialized methods into accessible narrative form. Kennedy's confidence in rational inquiry embodies Reeve's faith that modern science could expose deception and impose order upon the bewildering complexities of metropolitan crime. This collection will reward readers interested in detective fiction's intellectual history, the cultural reception of forensic science, and the evolution of the modern investigator. It is especially valuable for those who wish to see how suspense, scientific explanation, and early mass-market storytelling converged before the genre's conventions fully hardened.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (11)
Includes Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length115 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CRAIG KENNEDY Boxed Set: 40+ Mysteries of the Scientific Detective (Annotated)
26XXII. The X-Ray “Movies”
2Detective Kennedy's Cases: The Poisoned Pen, The War Terror, The Social Gangster, The Ear in the Wall, Gold of the Gods and many more
27XXIII. The Death House
3Novels
28XXIV. The Final Day
4The Dream Doctor
29The War Terror
5I. The Dream Doctor
30Introduction
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6II. The Soul Analysis
31I. The War Terror
7III. The Sybarite
32II. The Electro-Magnetic Gun
8IV. The Beauty Shop
33III. The Murder Syndicate
9V. The Phantom Circuit
34IV. The Air Pirate
10VI. The Detectaphone
35V. The Ultra-Violet Ray
11VII. The Green Curse
36VI. The Triple Mirror
12VIII. The Mummy Case
37VII. The Wireless Wiretappers
13IX. The Elixir of Life
38VIII. The Houseboat Mystery
14X. The Toxin of Death
39IX. The Radio Detective
15XI. The Opium Joint
40X. The Curio Shop
16XII. The “Dope Trust”
41XI. The “Pillar of Death”
17XIII. The Kleptomaniac
42XII. The Arrow Poison
18XIV. The Crimeometer
43XIII. The Radium Robber
19XV. The Vampire
44XIV. The Spinthariscope
20XVI. The Blood Test
45XV. The Asphyxiating Safe
21XVII. The Bomb Maker
46XVI. The Dead Line
22XVIII. The “Coke” Fiend
47XVII. The Paste Replica
23XIX. The Submarine Mystery
48XVIII. The Burglar's Microphone
24XX. The Wireless Detector
49XIX. The Germ Letter
25XXI. The Ghouls
50XX. The Artificial Kidney
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