About this book
Believed to have been written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, this detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Masters as he is in pursuit of international criminals Greenback Bob and Delbras. Conmen, lost handbags, jewel robberies, an adventuress... not to mention two missing young men and a murder, all come under the detective's eye. ( Lynne Thompson)
Chapters (35)
1"Chicargo Gits My Money"
2"I Told My Tale Of Woe"
3A Conundrum
4"I Can't Make Myself like Him"
5"It's All A Miracle"
6"A Criminal Hunt"
7"It Was Greenback Bob"
8"Straight from The Shoulder"
9In Disguise
10Carl Masters
11"I Dislike A Mystery"
12"More Dangerous Than Hate"
13Face To Face With Delbras
14Missing - Carte Blanche
15The King Of Confidence Men
16That Little Decoy
17"Those Two Women"
18"If You'll Find One, I'll Find The Other"
19"Strange! Mistaken! Heartless!"
20"We Must Understand Each Other"
21"Let Me Laugh"
22"There Is Danger - Near!"
23"You Are Suffering In My Stead"
24"It Is Our First Clue"
25"It's A Snare"
26A Columbian Guard
27"I'd Swear To Them Hands Anywhere"
28"Now Down!"
29"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
30"It Shall Not Be All Suspense"
31Sir Carroll Rae
32Found Dead
33"A Mercyful Dispensayshun"
34"Eureka!"
35After All
Comments