"The Master Mystery" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve is a suspenseful mystery novel set in the early 1900s, charting the story of Peter Brent, a rich businessman caught in a web of deceitful dealings with inventors and clashing with his partner, Herbert Balcom. The story explores themes of betrayal, greed, with a touch of the supernatural through a strange automaton that lies at the center of the enigma. An inventor confronts Peter Brent demanding justice, we meet his daughter Eva, who is in the dark, and Quentin Locke, a young laboratory manager. Strange warnings of "Madagascar madness" appear, hinting at looming peril and a grand conspiracy that threatens to shatter Brent's world.
The Master Mystery
By Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
In a world of greed, an ominous conspiracy unfolds.
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2005-07-01
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About the AuthorArthur Benjamin Reeve was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, for 18 detective novels. Reeve is famous mostly for the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were published grouped together as episodic novels. The 12-volume publication Craig Kennedy Stories was released during 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.
Arthur Benjamin Reeve was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, for 18 detective novels. Reeve is famous mostly for the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were published grouped together as episodic novels. The 12-volume publication Craig Kennedy Stories was released during 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.
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