Hamilton Cleek is a consulting detective and also known as «the man of the forty faces» for his incredible skill at disguise. Cleek is himself a reformed criminal and now helps Inspector Narkom of Scotland Yard in solving crimes in Clarges Street, London. «After due reflection over the question of disguise, Cleek determined for the present to revive that of Lieutenant Deland, and it was as that smart young officer that he once more took up his quarters in Clarges Street, in a house not very far from that which had been wrecked by Margot and her gang of Apaches. That they, too, were on his track was ascertained by Dollops, who traced them down to their lairs of Soho like a bloodhound scenting his quarry . . .» (Excerpt from «Cleek's Government Cases».) Thomas W. Hanshew (1857-1914) was an American author best known for his Hamilton Cleek Detective Series.
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Thomas W. Hanshew. DETECTIVE HAMILTON CLEEK TRILOGY
DETECTIVE HAMILTON CLEEK TRILOGY: Cleek, the Master Detective + Cleek of Scotland Yard + Cleek's Government Cases
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Cleek, the Master Detective; or The Man of the Forty Faces (1910)
CHAPTER I. THE AFFAIR OF THE MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF HAMILTON CLEEK
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CHAPTER II. THE PROBLEM OF THE RED CRAWL
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CHAPTER III. THE RIDDLE OF THE SACRED SON
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CHAPTER IV. THE CALIPH'S DAUGHTER
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CHAPTER V. THE RIDDLE OF THE NINTH FINGER
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CHAPTER VI. THE WIZARD'S BELT
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CHAPTER VII. THE RIDDLE OF THE 5.28
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CHAPTER VIII. THE LION'S SMILE
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CHAPTER IX. THE MYSTERY OF THE STEEL ROOM
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CHAPTER X. THE RIDDLE OF THE SIVA STONES
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CHAPTER XI. THE DIVIDED HOUSE
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CHAPTER XII. THE RIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW PEARL
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Cleek of Scotland Yard (1914)
PROLOGUE The Affair of the Man Who Vanished
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
EPILOGUE. The Affair of the Man Who Was Found
Cleek’s Government Cases (1916)
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
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Thomas W. Hanshew
Cleek of Scotland Yard (1914)
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"You would not think of calling a great violinist like Paganini a 'fiddler,'" he wrote; "why, then, should you degrade me with the coarse term of 'cracksman'? I claim to be as much an artist in my profession as Paganini was in his, and I claim also a like courtesy from you. So, then, if in the future it becomes necessary to allude to me, and I fear it often will, I shall be obliged if you do so as 'The Man Who Calls Himself Hamilton Cleek.' In return for the courtesy, gentlemen, I promise to alter my mode of procedure, to turn over a new leaf, as it were, to give you at all times hereafter distinct information, in advance, of such places as I select for the field of my operations, and of the time when I shall pay my respects to them, and, on the morning after each such visit, to bestow some small portion of the loot upon Scotland Yard as a souvenir of the event."
And to that remarkable programme he rigidly adhered from that time forth, always giving the police twelve hours' notice, always evading their traps and snares, always carrying out his plans in spite of them, and always, on the morning after, sending some trinket or trifle to Superintendent Narkom at Scotland Yard. This trifle would be in a little pink cardboard box, tied up with rose-coloured ribbon, and marked, "With the compliments of The Man Who Calls Himself Hamilton Cleek."
