
Out of Death's Shadow, Or, A Case Without Precedent
By Nicholas CarterLength5h 26m
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Excerpt: "On the shady veranda of an old-fashioned Southern house, on the outskirts of St. Louis, two men in the prime of life were enjoying their cigars one fine morning. One, the younger, with a fair, full face and honest, gray eyes, after a long period of silence, said "To-morrow will decide her fate, Nick. You have worked up a strong case against her, but I am afraid of the jury." "The jury is all right. We have seen to that, John. Conviction is certain. It has been an easy case for me." The woman to whose trial reference had been made had killed her husband, but the deed had not been witnessed, and it was due to Nick Carter's efforts that a complete case for the prosecution had been made out. "Murder is a secret of such awful weight," said Nick, "that there are few men, to say nothing of women, who are able successfully to carry it." "It will out some time or other, eh?" "In the majority of cases, yes. Of course, there are[6] instances where the crime of taking human life has remained an unsolved and seemingly insoluble mystery, but such instances have, in my opinion, resulted either through a chain of accidents, impossible to foresee, or through the negligence or inefficiency of the officers of the law, whose duty it was to use all possible skill and diligence in arriving at the facts. In this woman's case we have, I think, exercised all necessary skill and diligence. To-morrow the end will come, and the next day I shall be on my way to New York." "You have been here but a week, Nick, and yet I feel as if I had known you a lifetime. When you introduced yourself as an old friend of my mother, I knew in a moment that I had myself found a friend, and one after my own heart.""
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length5 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Out of Death's Shadow,
12CHAPTER XI. FEVERSHAM'S STRANGE DISCOVERY.
2CHAPTER I. A MAN WITHOUT A SECRET.
13CHAPTER XII. NICK HAS A FRIGID IDEA.
3CHAPTER II. THE FATE OF THE TRANSGRESSOR.
14CHAPTER XIII. NICK CARTER'S FALL.
4CHAPTER III. MYSTERY WITHIN MYSTERY.
15CHAPTER XIV. BESTED BY A WOMAN.
5CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT OF LEONARD.
16CHAPTER XV. CRAVEN SPEAKS AND NICK ACTS.
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6CHAPTER V. NICK HAS AN ADVENTURE.
17CHAPTER XVI. STARTLING NEWS FROM BALTIMORE.
7CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTERY OF ROOM M.
18CHAPTER XVII. PETER MANNION COMES ON DECK.
8CHAPTER VII. OUT OF DEATH'S SHADOW.
19CHAPTER XVIII. NICK IN A TRAP.
9CHAPTER VIII. NICK CARTER'S DENUNCIATION.
20CHAPTER XIX. OUT OF DEATH'S SHADOW.
10CHAPTER IX. THE MISSING MONEY.
21CHAPTER XX. HOW NICK WON OUT.
11CHAPTER X. A WASHINGTON MYSTERY.