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Toying with fate; or Nick Carter's narrow shave

Toying with fate; or Nick Carter's narrow shave

by Nicholas Carter

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Author
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Title
Toying with fate; or, Nick Carter's narrow shave
Original Publication
United States: Street & Smith,1903.
Credits
David Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Detective and mystery stories
Category
Text
eBook-No.
68697
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68697
Release Date
August 6, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.TOYING WITH FATE; OR, Nick Carter’s Narrow Shave
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS OLD MAN.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. SEARCHING FOR CLEWS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE IDENTIFICATION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. A PECULIAR INTERVIEW.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. AN IMPORTANT PACKAGE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE THREAT.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. EAVESDROPPING.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. A WOMAN SCORNED.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. MORE EVIDENCE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. LENA’S STORY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. ACTING A PART.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. BLACKMAIL.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. TIGHTENING THE COILS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. MURDER IN HELL’S KITCHEN.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE MILLIONAIRE’S GUEST.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE FATE OF A SPY.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE KNOCK-OUT DROPS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. AN INCORRUPTIBLE DETECTIVE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE CARD CLEW.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE BIRD IN THE DEATH TRAP.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. CARTER AND HIS QUARRY.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. A TERRIBLE COMPACT.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. THE DARK JAILERESS AGAIN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. FOUND IN THE TIDE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. A FAIR FOE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. THE BACK TRAIL.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. THE MASTER DETECTIVE’S LITTLE GAME.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. IN MOTHER FLINTSTONE’S DEN AGAIN.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. MULBERRY BILLY’S “FIND.”
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE COST OF A SECRET.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. BETWEEN THE WALLS OF DOOM.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. A COMPLETE KNOCK-OUT.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PARRICIDE.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. CARTER’S ESCAPE.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. JUSTICE’S ROUND-UP.
  43. 43.Untitled
  44. 44.Untitled
  45. 45.Untitled
  46. 46.Untitled

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