The Adventuress

The Adventuress
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Marking 100 years since publication, The Adventuress was the first full-length novel to feature ‘scientific detective’ Craig Kennedy, who was dubbed ‘the American Sherlock Holmes’ and the first fictional detective to use forensic science.Who killed Marshall Maddox of Maddox Munitions, Inc., the inventors of the top secret telautomaton? Was his death retribution for a double life, or was it due to the covetousness of some schemer? Even Craig Kennedy is challenged by the diabolical scientific inventiveness and ruthlessness at the centre of the crime – and by Paquita, the mysterious adventuress . . .Arthur B. Reeve (1880-1936) was a New York author and criminologist whose creation, the scientific detective Craig Kennedy, became famous as ‘the American Sherlock Holmes’. Reeve’s cutting-edge stories, newspaper serials and movies about Craig Kennedy made him the most popular detective writer of the era, and The Adventuress was his first full-length novel for Harper & Brothers, published in 1917 as part of the company’s centenary year celebrations.This Detective Club classic is introduced by publisher David Brawn, who examines the rise and fall of Arthur B. Reeve, whose bestselling fiction was credited as introducing forensic science to real police work, yet 100 years later has been all but forgotten.

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Arthur B. Reeve. The Adventuress

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INTRODUCTION

EDITOR’S PREFACE

CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERY OF THE ‘SYBARITE’

CHAPTER II. THE SECRET SERVICE

CHAPTER III. THE CABARET DANCER

CHAPTER IV. THE BURGLAR’S MICROPHONE

CHAPTER V. THE WHITE LIGHT CAFÉ

CHAPTER VI. THE POISON GAS

CHAPTER VII. THE DIVORCE DETECTIVE

CHAPTER VIII. THE PULMOTOR

CHAPTER IX. THE TRAILING OF PAQUITA

CHAPTER X. THE DETECTAPHONE DETECTOR

CHAPTER XI. THE FRAME-UP

CHAPTER XII. THE EAVESDROPPERS

CHAPTER XIII. THE SERPENT’S TOOTH

CHAPTER XIV. THE GEOPHONE

CHAPTER XV. THE NIGHT OF TERROR

CHAPTER XVI. THE INVISIBLE INK

CHAPTER XVII. THE CIPHER LETTER

CHAPTER XVIII. THE RADIO DETECTIVE

CHAPTER XIX. THE WIRELESS WIRETAPPER

CHAPTER XX. THE SPEED DEMON

CHAPTER XXI. THE SUBMARINE EAR

CHAPTER XXII. THE TELAUTOMATON

CHAPTER XXIII. THE CURB MARKET

CHAPTER XXIV. THE PHANTOM CIRCUIT

CHAPTER XXV. THE ADVENTURESS

Footnote

THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB

About the Publisher

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‘THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB is a clearing house for the best detective and mystery stories chosen for you by a select committee of experts. Only the most ingenious crime stories will be published under the THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB imprint. A special distinguishing stamp appears on the wrapper and title page of every THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB book—the Man with the Gun. Always look for the Man with the Gun when buying a Crime book.’

Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1929

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‘Finally someone, I think it was Shelby, suggested that inasmuch as I was in a sense his representative, I might go and hurry him up. I was only too glad to go. I walked forward to the cabin he occupied and rapped on the door. No answer. I tried the handle. To my surprise it turned and I pushed the door open.’

‘Don’t stop,’ urged Kennedy eagerly. ‘What did you see?’

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