Out of Death's Shadow; Or, A Case Without a Precedent by Nicholas Carter
"Out of Death's Shadow; Or, A Case Without a Precedent" by Nicholas Carter is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the famous detective Nick Carter, who is embroiled in a complex murder case linked to a series of deceptions involving a woman named Cora Reesey, also known as Madame Ree. As the narrative unfolds, Carter must navigate through secrets, lies, and an impending trial touncover the truth underlying a murder and the fates of several key players, including John Dashwood and Gabriel Leonard. The opening of the novel introduces us to Nick Carter, who is in discussions regarding a murder trial involving a woman accused of killing her husband. As he converses with John Dashwood, the manager of the manufacturing company linked to the case, tensions arise concerning business irregularities. The narrative shifts focus as mysterious figures appear, including Madam Ree, who is revealed to have a tumultuous connection to other characters and motivations tied to the central crime. Suspicion begins to hobble through the dialogue, leading to a sense of foreboding as Nick Carter’s innate detective instincts kick in, suggesting that darker complexities await as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.html.images | 333 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.epub3.images | 274 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.epub.images | 272 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.epub.noimages | 181 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.kf8.images | 354 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.kindle.images | 322 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61135.txt.utf-8 | 305 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61135/pg61135-h.zip | 210 kB | ||||
| There may bemore files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Carter, Nicholas (House name) |
|---|---|
| Title | Out of Death's Shadow; Or, A Case Without a Precedent |
| Note | Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Produced by David Edwards, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Subject | Popular literature |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 61135 |
| Release Date | Jan 9, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jul 11, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 111 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
