
The Forced Crime; or, Nick Carter's Brazen Clew
By Nick CarterLength3h 57m
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Excerpt: ""You say this burglar has got into your bedroom three times?" "Yes, Carter. Three times that I know of. He may have got in oftener for aught I know." "Hardly likely, Mr. Bentham. If you woke up three times and saw him, it indicates that there is something in his presence which affects you even in your sleep. It is a psychological influence, evidently." Professor Matthew Bentham, one of the most learned scientists in Brooklyn, shook his head. He knew too much about psychology to believe it was an agent in his case. "That explanation won't do, Carter," he declared. "On each occasion I have been awakened by a distinct noise in the room." "But you never got up to interfere with the man," Nick Carter reminded him. "That isn't your way. No one ever has insinuated that you lack in physical courage. You are an athlete, too. I have had the gloves on with you, remember, and I know how you handle yourself. There must have been something to make you lie still in bed while a stranger was ransacking your bedchamber." The famous detective was sitting comfortably in Professor Bentham's well-appointed library on the ground floor of the latter's home near Prospect Park, and both were smoking. Carter had dropped in casually to see his friend, and the subject of the mysterious burglar had come up without any previous knowledge of it by the detective. They had been talking about other things, particularly about some important records of a Chinese secret organization which were in Matthew Bentham's care, and which were soon to be sent to Washington."
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GenreLiterary Classics, Mystery and Thriller
Length3 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 13, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. A TALE OF BURGLARS.
11CHAPTER XI. THE CRASH OF THE IDOL.
2CHAPTER II. A HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
12Sheridan of the U. S. Mail. By RALPH BOSTON.
3CHAPTER III. WHAT THE BUDDHA SAID.
13CHAPTER XXII. A QUESTION OF COLOR.
4CHAPTER IV. AN EARLY-MORNING CALL.
14CHAPTER XXIII. UNTO THE LAST.
5CHAPTER V. THE HOLLOW TABLE LEG.
15CHAPTER XXIV. A SAD FAREWELL.
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6CHAPTER VI. BROKEN THREADS.
16CHAPTER XXV. THE LAST STAND.
7CHAPTER VII. PATSY GETS INTO THE GAME.
17CHAPTER XXVI. CRUSHING EVIDENCE.
8CHAPTER VIII. UNDER THE SPELL.
18CHAPTER XXVII. A BOOMERANG.
9CHAPTER IX. POWER AGAINST POWER.
19THE NEWS OF ALL NATIONS.
10CHAPTER X. HIS HOUR OF SUCCESS.