Length8h
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THE FIRST AND BEST BLIND DETECTIVE! That's how the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection hails the adventures of Max Carrados. Ellery Queen calls this first volume of his adventures, "One of the ten best volumes of detective shorts ever written!" Blinded in an accident, Carrados developed remarkable abilities. He can read newspaper headlines with a touch of his fingers, recognise a friend he has not seen in twenty-five years by his voice, and detect a man wearing a false moustache because "he carries a five-yard aura of spirit gum." Nor did his loss of sight affect his sense of humour, his compassion, or a sense of justice which forces him to skirt the law to see the innocent is protected and the guilty punished. As the author puts it, Carrados' blindness "-but so far from crippling his interests in life or his energies, it has merely impelled him to develop those senses which in most of us lie dormant and practically unused. Thus you will understand that while he may be at a disadvantage while you are at an advantage, he is at an advantage while you are at a disadvantage." Working with his old friend, Louis Carlyle, a private investigator, the wealthy Carrados pursues his talent for detection whenever he pleases without accepting a fee. The exchanges between the humourless Carlyle, eager for Carrados help but unwilling to admit his bafflement, and the gentle malice of the perceptive Carrados are among the high spots of the stories. (Goodreads)
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Rating★★★★ 3.7 (1.7K)
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS
2THE KNIGHT’S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM
3THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE
4THE CLEVER MRS STRAITHWAITE
5THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTOR
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6THE TILLING SHAW MYSTERY
7THE COMEDY AT FOUNTAIN COTTAGE
8THE GAME PLAYED IN THE DARK
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