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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486829103
ISBN-139780486829104
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038306953
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Thinking Machine : the Problem of Cell 13 in and Other Stories
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year2018
GenreFiction
AuthorJacques Futrelle
Book SeriesDover Mystery Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight10.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-027168
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Table Of ContentThe Problem of Cell 13 The Crystal Gazer The Scarlet Thread The Flaming Phantom The Problem of the Stolen Rubens The Missing Necklace The Phantom Motor The Brown Coat His Perfect Alibi The Lost Radium Kidnapped Baby Blake, Millionaire The Fatal Cipher
SynopsisOne of the most famous detective stories ever written, "The Problem of Cell 13" explores a locked-room mystery starring super sleuth Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, aka The Thinking Machine. The Professor appeared in nearly 50 other stories, and this collection presents 11 of the very best. Loaded with Edwardian period flavor, the realistic tales anticipate many of the major developments in modern crime fiction., Twelve tales star super sleuth Professor Van Dusen, aka The Thinking Machine. Loaded with Edwardian period flavor, the realistic tales anticipate many of the major developments in modern crime fiction., Suppose you were locked into one of the most secure prisons in America at the turn of the twentieth century. You've been put into solitary confinement, with periodic inspections by the warden, whom you'd informed that you would escape in less than a week. How would you communicate with the outside, how would you smuggle in tools and weapons, and how would you finally break out? This was the situation confronting Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, aka The Thinking Machine, in "The Problem of Cell 13," one of the most famous "locked-room" mysteries ever written. Eventually The Thinking Machine did escape, and his method is known to generations of fans. Less well known, however, is the fact that Jacques Futrelle wrote many other stories about this unique detective. This volume presents twelve tales of The Thinking Machine, adventures that concern a perfect alibi and a perfect accusation, an impossible theft of a container of radium, a precise sealed room mystery, a flaming phantom, and other "impossible" situations. Rich in Edwardian period flavor, the realistic tales anticipate many of the major developments in modern crime fiction.
LC Classification NumberPS3511.U97B47 2018
