Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061375381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This extraordinary tale involves Edward Moon, stage magician and detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist, and a devilish plot to re-create the apocalyptic prophecies of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and bring the British Empire crashing down.
The Somnambulist
Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061375381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This extraordinary tale involves Edward Moon, stage magician and detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist, and a devilish plot to re-create the apocalyptic prophecies of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and bring the British Empire crashing down.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061375381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This extraordinary tale involves Edward Moon, stage magician and detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist, and a devilish plot to re-create the apocalyptic prophecies of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and bring the British Empire crashing down.
The Detective and the Somnambulist
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Two narratives written by Allan Pinkerton; highly fictionalized accounts ostensibly or loosely based on actual crime cases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Two narratives written by Allan Pinkerton; highly fictionalized accounts ostensibly or loosely based on actual crime cases.
The Model Town and the Detectives
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Somnambulist and the Detective
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Somnambulist And The Detective
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353444792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353444792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
The Detective and the Somnambulist
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Expressman and the Detective
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher: Belford Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Belford Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief
Author: Lisa Tuttle
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1784299618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
'[A] lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure' George R. R. Martin Should you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation, think of Jesperson and Lane . . . For several years Miss Lane was companion, collaborator and friend to the lady known to the Psychical Society only as Miss X - until she discovered that Miss X was actually a fraud. Now Miss Lane works with Mr Jasper Jesperson as a consulting detective, but the cases are not as plentiful as they might be and money is getting tight - until a wife's concern for her husband's nocturnal ramblings piques their interest, and mediums begin to disappear all over London. There is only one team with the imagination and intelligence to uncover the nefarious purpose behind the vanished psychics and the somnambulist's wanderings. Jesperson and Lane: at your service.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1784299618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
'[A] lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure' George R. R. Martin Should you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation, think of Jesperson and Lane . . . For several years Miss Lane was companion, collaborator and friend to the lady known to the Psychical Society only as Miss X - until she discovered that Miss X was actually a fraud. Now Miss Lane works with Mr Jasper Jesperson as a consulting detective, but the cases are not as plentiful as they might be and money is getting tight - until a wife's concern for her husband's nocturnal ramblings piques their interest, and mediums begin to disappear all over London. There is only one team with the imagination and intelligence to uncover the nefarious purpose behind the vanished psychics and the somnambulist's wanderings. Jesperson and Lane: at your service.
The Detective's Assistant
Author: Kate Hannigan
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316403504
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Based on the extraordinary true story of America's first-ever female detective, this fast-paced adventure recounts feats of daring and danger...including saving the life of Abraham Lincoln! Eleven-year-old Nell Warne arrives on her aunt's doorstep lugging a heavy sack of sorrows. If her Aunt Kate rejects her, it's the miserable Home for the Friendless. Luckily, canny Nell makes herself indispensable to Aunt Kate...and not just by helping out with household chores. For Kate Warne is the first-ever female detective employed by the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency. And Nell has a knack for the kind of close listening and bold action that made Pinkerton detectives famous in Civil War-era America. With huge, nation-changing events simmering in the background, Nell uses skills new and old to uncover truths about her past and solve mysteries in the present.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316403504
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Based on the extraordinary true story of America's first-ever female detective, this fast-paced adventure recounts feats of daring and danger...including saving the life of Abraham Lincoln! Eleven-year-old Nell Warne arrives on her aunt's doorstep lugging a heavy sack of sorrows. If her Aunt Kate rejects her, it's the miserable Home for the Friendless. Luckily, canny Nell makes herself indispensable to Aunt Kate...and not just by helping out with household chores. For Kate Warne is the first-ever female detective employed by the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency. And Nell has a knack for the kind of close listening and bold action that made Pinkerton detectives famous in Civil War-era America. With huge, nation-changing events simmering in the background, Nell uses skills new and old to uncover truths about her past and solve mysteries in the present.
Bank-robbers and the Detectives
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bank robberies
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bank robberies
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description