On Secret Service
Published on 1. November 2011
345 pages
978-1-77652-101-2 (ISBN)
Description
Sometimes, real life can be far stranger than fiction. In this entertaining volume, author William Nelson Taft combines the best elements of true crime and detective fiction, crafting a collection of tantalizing mysteries based on solved and unsolved cases and crimes. It's a must-read for fans of both genres.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- I - A Flash in the Night
- II - The Mint Mystery
- III - The Ypiranga Case
- IV - The Clue on Shelf 45
- V - Phyllis Dodge, Smuggler Extraordinary
- VI - A Matter of Record
- VII - The Secret Still
- VIII - The Taxicab Tangle
- IX - A Match for the Government
- X - The Girl at the Switchboard
- XI - "Lost-$100,000!
- XII - "The Double Code
- XIII - The Trail of the White Mice
- XIV - Wah Lee and the Flower of Heaven
- XV - The Man with Three Wives
- XVI - After Seven Years
- XVII - The Poison-Pen Puzzle
- XVIII - Thirty Thousand Yards of Silk
- XIX - The Clue in the Classified Column
- XX - In the Shadow of the Capitol
- XXI - A Million-Dollar Quarter
- XXII - "The Looting of the C. T. C.
- XXIII - The Case of Mrs. Armitage
- XXIV - Five Inches of Death
