Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers. After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
In a world where spirits and secrets intertwine, a determined detective follows a trail of deceit, set in motion by a forbidden love.
By Allan Pinkerton
The Somnambulist and the Detective; The Murderer and the Fortune Teller
In the South a bank worker's brutal death pulls a famous detective into a maze of deceit, where secrets hide behind every smile.
By Allan Pinkerton
Bucholz and the Detectives
In a village gripped by fear, a servant must prove his innocence as a cunning killer lurks in the shadows after a miserly old man is found murdered.
By Allan Pinkerton
The Expressman and the Detective
A dedicated detective must untangle a web of deceit surrounding a suspected embezzler to discover the location of the missing money and expose the actual culprit.
By Allan Pinkerton
The Burglar's Fate, and The Detectives
In a peaceful town shattered by a daring bank robbery, a determined detective must untangle a web of deceit and suspicion to bring masked criminals to justice.
By Allan Pinkerton
Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives
In a post-Civil War world, a detective agency fights to bring to justice a notorious gang of river pirates responsible for a daring train heist.
By Allan Pinkerton
The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion
In a nation divided, a secret network races against time to protect the President from deadly conspiracies hidden in the shadows.
By Allan Pinkerton