The Adventures of Jimmie Dale

"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard is a thrilling crime novel where a rich Harvard graduate leads a double life as the Gray Seal, a masked criminal in New York City who vanished a while ago. The story takes off with a fancy dinner where Jimmie listens to a newspaper editor talk about the Gray Seal, setting the stage for mystery and suspense. Soon, a letter drags Jimmie back into his old life of crime, just as a murder tied to the Gray Seal surfaces. Now, Jimmie has to untangle a web of secrets, clear his name, and use all his cleverness to solve the mystery surrounding a man's death, all while dodging both the cops and the criminal underworld.