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100 1 _aCarter, Nicholas
_q(House name)
245 1 0 _aNick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.
246 1 _aNick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnapper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-19
505 0 _aThe girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew -- Ruby light [continued].
508 _aDavid Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)
520 _a"The Girl Kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's Up-To-Date Clew" is a detective story from the Nick Carter series, likely written in the early 20th century. This installment sets the stage for a thrilling mystery involving the disappearance of Mrs. de Puyster van Dietrich from a locked hotel room, prompting the arrival of the renowned detective Nick Carter to solve the case. The story is rife with intrigue, as wealthy guests in a seaside hotel grapple with unexplained vanishings, setting the tone for a captivating investigation led by Carter. The opening portion of the story establishes a puzzling scenario where Mrs. van Dietrich disappears from her locked bedroom, triggering concern among the hotel managers. As tension builds, two detectives—Paul Savage and James Mallory—debate the strange circumstances surrounding her disappearance and reach out to Nick Carter for assistance. Simultaneously, Carter reveals himself to be impersonating Colonel Pearson as he assesses the situation, hinting at deeper intrigues involving other guests at the hotel, including a character named Baroness Latour. The chapter teases a layered plot, as it intertwines the themes of abduction, deceit, and detective work, while slowly introducing the distinct personalities involved in this enigmatic case. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Street & Smaith, 1914
653 _aPopular literature -- Periodicals
653 _aDetective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals
700 1 _aJenkins, Burke
856 4 _uhttps://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A86131#page/1/mode/1up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69385
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