DETECTIVE NICK CARTER'S CASES (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Dime-Novel Mysteries of Disguise, Deduction, and Gilded Age New York CrimeBy John R. Coryell
Length24h 13m
About this audiobook
Detective Nick Carter's Cases gathers a series of brisk, intricately plotted adventures centered on one of American popular fiction's archetypal sleuths. Written in the energetic idiom of late nineteenth-century dime-novel culture, the book privileges speed, ingenuity, disguise, and deductive performance over psychological introspection. Its literary context lies between the sensational urban mystery and the emerging professional detective tale, presenting crime as both social disturbance and intellectual puzzle. John R. Coryell, a journalist and prolific writer of popular fiction, was instrumental in shaping the Nick Carter phenomenon for a mass readership hungry for serialized excitement. His familiarity with newspaper pacing, urban incident, and the mechanics of suspense helped produce a detective whose methods were theatrical yet disciplined. Coryell's work reflects an era fascinated by modern cities, criminal networks, scientific detection, and the moral reassurance offered by capable investigators. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the roots of American detective fiction, popular print culture, and the evolution of the heroic investigator. It offers not merely entertainment, but a revealing glimpse into the narrative habits and cultural anxieties that preceded the modern crime novel.
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Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length24 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2DETECTIVE NICK CARTER'S CASES
3THE CRIME OF THE FRENCH CAFÉ
4Chapter I. Private Dining-Room “B”
5Chapter II. Gaspard Spots His Man
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6Chapter III. John Jones
7Chapter IV. All Sorts of Identifications
8Chapter V. Patsy’s Tip
9Chapter VI. Mrs. John Jones
10Chapter VII. The Wardrobe of Gaspard’s Friend
11Chapter VIII. Tracing the Trunks
12Chapter IX. Hammond’s Story
13Chapter X. The True Story of Mrs. John Jones
14NICK CARTER’S GHOST STORY
15Chapter I. The Vanishing Thief
16Chapter II. Nick Is Boldly Challenged
17Chapter III. How Nick Found the Jewels
18Chapter IV. Millie Stevens
19Chapter V. Colonel Richmond’s Night Adventure
20Chapter VI. A Round-Up of Spook-Artists
21Chapter VII. A Really Competent Ghost
22Chapter VIII. Patsy’s Story and the Test Proposed
23Chapter IX. The Diamond Clasp
24Chapter X. Some Clever Tricks Explained
25THE MYSTERY OF ST. AGNES’ HOSPITAL
26Chapter I. Lawrence Deever Demands Justice
27Chapter II. The Dead Man’s Head
28Chapter III. The Doctor Offers a Bribe
29Chapter IV. What Was Found in This Garden
30Chapter V. The Body on the Slab
31Chapter VI. The Last Link in the Chain
32Chapter VII. The Man With the Sack
33Chapter VIII. Before the Superintendent
34Chapter IX. The Other Side of a “Plain Case”
35Chapter X. Nick’s Reputation at Stake
36THE SOLUTION OF A REMARKABLE CASE
37Chapter I. The Murder in Forty-Seventh Street
38Chapter II. The Interview
39Chapter III. The First Clew
40Chapter IV. Shadowing
41Chapter V. Trapped
42Chapter VI. Tony, the Strangler
43Chapter VII. The Strangler’s Threat
44Chapter VIII. A Fight With a “Shadow”
45Chapter IX. A Scoundrel’s Scheme
46Chapter X. Solving Problems
47Chapter XI. Two Murders in One Night
48Chapter XII. Bringing Threads Together
49Chapter XIII. Eugenie’s Murderer Finds Another Victim
50WITH LINKS OF STEEL (The Peril of the Unknown)
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