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Spy Thrillers & Detective Novels: The Web, The Green God, The Film of Fear, The Ivory Snuff Box, The Blue Lights & The Brute (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Espionage Thrillers & International Crime MysteriesBy Frederic Arnold Kummer
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Gathering The Web, The Green God, The Film of Fear, The Ivory Snuff Box, The Blue Lights, and The Brute, this volume presents Frederic Arnold Kummer's vigorous contributions to early twentieth-century popular fiction. These narratives move between espionage, detection, exotic intrigue, and urban menace, employing rapid plotting, theatrical reversals, and sharply staged scenes. Their style belongs to the age of magazine serials and silent cinema: suspense is visual, clues are dramatic, and moral conflict is rendered through action. Kummer was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter whose career stood at the intersection of print, stage, and film. His familiarity with dramatic construction helps explain the brisk momentum and strongly defined situations of these stories. Writing in a period marked by wartime anxieties, technological change, and a growing appetite for professional detectives and international conspiracies, he transformed contemporary fears into accessible, energetic entertainment. Readers interested in the genealogy of spy fiction and detective narrative will find this collection both pleasurable and instructive. It is especially recommended to admirers of classic mysteries, pulp adventure, and fiction that reveals how popular literature shaped modern suspense long before the genre's later hard-boiled and cinematic refinements. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
DetectiveMysteryEspionageThrillerCrimeHistorical RomancePsychologicalAdventurePolitical Intrigue

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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length37 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 3, 2017
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Spy Thrillers & Detective Novels: The Web, The Green God, The Film of Fear, The Ivory Snuff Box, The Blue Lights & The Brute (Annotated)
68CHAPTER I
2Spy Thrillers & Detective Novels: The Web, The Green God, The Film of Fear, The Ivory Snuff Box, The Blue Lights & The Brute
69CHAPTER II
3The Green God
70CHAPTER III
4Chapter 1 MR. ASHTON
71CHAPTER IV
5Chapter 2 A CRY IN THE MORNING
72CHAPTER V
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6Chapter 3 A QUEER DISCOVERY
73CHAPTER VI
7Chapter 4 I ADVISE MISS TEMPLE
74CHAPTER VII
8Chapter 5 MAJOR TEMPLE'S STORY
75CHAPTER VIII
9Chapter 6 THE ORIENTAL PERFUME
76CHAPTER IX
10Chapter 7 IN THE TEMPLE OF BUDDHA
77CHAPTER X
11Chapter 8 INSPECTOR BURNS' CONCLUSIONS
78CHAPTER XI
12Chapter 9 MISS TEMPLE'S DISAPPEARANCE
79CHAPTER XII
13Chapter 10 MISS TEMPLE'S TESTIMONY
80CHAPTER XIII
14Chapter 11 THE VENGEANCE OF BUDDHA
81CHAPTER XIV
15Chapter 12 I ASK MISS TEMPLE A QUESTION
82CHAPTER XV
16Chapter 13 A NIGHT OF HORROR
83CHAPTER XVI
17Chapter 14 THE SECRET OF THE GREEN ROOM
84CHAPTER XVII
18The Film of Fear
85CHAPTER XVIII
19Part 1
86CHAPTER XIX
20Chapter 1
87CHAPTER XX
21Chapter 2
88The Brute
22Chapter 3
89CHAPTER I
23Chapter 4
90CHAPTER II
24Chapter 5
91CHAPTER III
25Chapter 6
92CHAPTER IV
26Part 2
93CHAPTER V
27Chapter 1
94CHAPTER VI
28Chapter 2
95CHAPTER VII
29Chapter 3
96CHAPTER VIII
30Chapter 4
97CHAPTER IX
31Chapter 5
98CHAPTER X
32Part 3
99CHAPTER XI
33Chapter 1
100CHAPTER XII
34Chapter 2
101CHAPTER XIII
35Chapter 3
102CHAPTER XIV
36Chapter 4
103CHAPTER XV
37Chapter 5
104CHAPTER XVI
38Part 4
105CHAPTER XVII
39Chapter 1
106CHAPTER XVIII
40Chapter 2
107CHAPTER XIX
41Chapter 3
108CHAPTER XX
42Chapter 4
109The First Days of Man
43Chapter 5
110CHAPTER I
44The Ivory Snuff Box
111CHAPTER II
45Chapter 1
112CHAPTER III
46Chapter 2
113CHAPTER IV
47Chapter 3
114CHAPTER V
48Chapter 4
115CHAPTER VI
49Chapter 5
116CHAPTER VII
50Chapter 6
117CHAPTER VIII
51Chapter 7
118CHAPTER IX
52Chapter 8
119CHAPTER X
53Chapter 9
120CHAPTER XI
54Chapter 10
121CHAPTER XII
55Chapter 11
122CHAPTER XIII
56Chapter 12
123CHAPTER XIV
57Chapter 13
124CHAPTER XV
58Chapter 14
125CHAPTER XVI
59Chapter 15
126CHAPTER XVII
60Chapter 16
127CHAPTER XVIII
61Chapter 17
128CHAPTER XIX
62Chapter 18
129CHAPTER XX
63Chapter 19
130CHAPTER XXI
64Chapter 20
131CHAPTER XXII
65Chapter 21
132CHAPTER XXIII
66Chapter 22
133CHAPTER XXIV
67The Blue Lights
134Memorable Quotes

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