The Babbington Case, or, Nick Carter's Strange Quest
By Nick Carter
Length8h 24m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "A man and a woman together; then a man alone." Nick Carter thought this remark rather than uttered it in words, as he came to an abrupt pause in his walk and looked down upon the tracks in the snow. There were no other tracks than those anywhere visible, save only his own, which he had made in his approach to the spot, and he was careful not to approach too near while he made the examination which only his curiosity suggested—for there could have been no other reason at the moment than curiosity to attract him. But before him was a huge iron gate between two enormous posts; a gate which had the outward appearance of not having been opened in a long time, and, indeed, upon it now, as the detective looked at it, there was a formidable padlock, with its heavy chain, to hold the great barrier against all comers. Nick Carter could see from where he stood that the lock was securely locked, that the chain had been drawn tightly around the spindles of the iron gate, and, therefore, that the man who had come out of the place alone, after having passed inside with the woman not very long before, had locked it. There were the tracks he had made when he had turned about to fasten the gate when he came out alone, and there were his tracks when he walked away from the place. But where was the woman? and why had she not come again with the man? These were perfectly natural questions which the detective asked himself; natural, because he knew something about the grounds upon which those gates opened, and also something about the house within those grounds. Still more, he knew something about the people to whom the magnificent residence and grounds belonged."
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
2CHAPTER II. WHERE THE FOOTPRINTS LED.
3CHAPTER III. A MORNING CALL.
4CHAPTER IV. A MAN, OR A MONSTER?
5CHAPTER V. TRAGIC NEWS.
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6CHAPTER VI. A VITAL QUESTION.
7CHAPTER VII. PROBING A MYSTERY.
8CHAPTER VIII. DIGGING PITFALLS.
9CHAPTER IX. THE MATTER OF A CIGAR.
10CHAPTER X. THE CHIEF’S BEST REASON.
11CHAPTER XI. PLANNING A CAMPAIGN.
12CHAPTER XII. GETTING INTO ACTION.
13CHAPTER XIII. A THRILLING CLIMAX.
14CHAPTER XIV. THE END OF A TRIAL.
15CHAPTER XV. THE BIRTH OF A MYSTERY.
16CHAPTER XVI. NICK GIVES A WARNING.
17CHAPTER XVII. DANGEROUS EYES.
18CHAPTER XVIII. THE RIGHTFUL HEIR.
19CHAPTER XIX. SCENTING A PLOT.
20CHAPTER XX. IN AN OPERA BOX.
21CHAPTER XXI. IN THE CORRIDOR.
22CHAPTER XXII. A DARING EXPERIMENT.
23CHAPTER XXIII. A SERIOUS PREDICAMENT.
24CHAPTER XXIV. THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
25CHAPTER XXV. THE ADVANTAGE OF FOREKNOWLEDGE.
26CHAPTER XXVI. THE MURDERER IS FOUND.
27CHAPTER XXVII. A MAN WITH A GUN.
28CHAPTER XXVIII. STARING DEATH IN THE FACE.
29CHAPTER XXIX. TURNING THE TABLES.
30CHAPTER XXX. A NARROW ESCAPE.
31CHAPTER XXXI. A BAFFLING SITUATION.
32CHAPTER XXXII. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
33CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER.
34CHAPTER XXXIV. LIGHT BEGINS TO BREAK.
35CHAPTER XXXV. A MESSAGE IN THE DUST.
36CHAPTER XXXVI. A DETECTIVE’S DEDUCTIONS.
37CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SPIDER’S PARLOR.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII. A FIGHT FOR THE GOOD.
39CHAPTER XXXIX. THE MASTERS OF MILLIONS.
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A Cigarette Clew, or, "Salted" for a MillionNick Carter4h 28m$2.30
The Mystery of the Crossed Needles, or Nick Carter and the Yellow TongNick Carter3h 57m$2.30
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