Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Jacques Futrelle wich are The Diamond Master and The Chase of the Golden Plate. Jacques Futrelle was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his application of logic to any and all situations. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Novels selected for this book: - The Diamond Master. - The Chase of the Golden Plate.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
The theme of this edition is: Mystery and Detective. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Jacques Futrelle. - H. and E. Heron. - Arthur Morrison.
For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Jacques Futrelle. - H. and E. Heron. - Arthur Morrison. - John Ulrich Giesy. - Frank L. Packard.
This book, receiving worldwide attention, is available from Seymour/Kyper Productions, P.O. Box 1369, Sandwich, MA 02563 at $12. A MUST READ for mystery buffs and RMS TITANIC devotees.
“It's like this,” I began stammeringly. “This bit of road here — up as far as that corner — you know it ... We've got — ” “Yes it is, ever so much nicer,” I interrupted. ... “That sounds jolly,” she murmured. “Tell me more about it, ...
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jacques Futrelle’s Elusive Isabel is a classic of American detective fiction reimagined for modern readers.
The Chase of the Golden Plate
This irascible genius, this diminutive egghead scientist, known to the world as “The Thinking Machine,” is no less than the newly rediscovered literary link between Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe: Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, ...
100 American Crime Writers features discussion and analysis of the lives of crime writers and their key works, examining the developments in American crime writing from the Golden Age to hardboiled detective fiction.
Accompanied by his intrepid wife, May, Futrelle pursues leads all over the palatial ship in what would prove to be his greatest — and final — mystery.Once again, author Max Allan Collins creates an astonishing work of historical fiction ...
Reproduction of the original: The Problem of Cell 13 by Jaques Futrelle