A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net

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A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

EN·~5 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total
1

A SHARPER’S DOWNFALL. - CHAPTER I. A SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY.

12:19
2

CHAPTER II. ANOTHER PHASE.

10:47
3

CHAPTER III. THE FIRST STEPS.

14:30
4

CHAPTER IV. OVERREACHING A SHARPER.

13:18
5

CHAPTER V. DRAWING THE LINES.

11:37
6

CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE MEETING.

12:08
7

CHAPTER VII. TAKING CHANCES.

14:10
8

CHAPTER VIII. THE YOUNG GALLANT.

13:53
9

CHAPTER IX. A THIEF ROBS A THIEF.

13:33
10

CHAPTER X. IN CLOSE PURSUIT.

14:30

Description

In the quiet stretch of Thirty‑fifth Street, a sleek English‑basement townhouse becomes the stage for a meticulously planned burglary. A pair of thieves use a rope and a concealed bay window to lower a heavy crate and a mysterious bundle, moving with practiced silence as the city awakens. Their swift exchange of loot is interrupted only by a single, observant figure watching from across the street.

That figure is the famed detective Nick Carter, who instantly reads the scene and deduces that the stolen goods are now bound for a waiting carriage. He raises the alarm, but the police are already a step behind, and the carriage races away, its driver oblivious to the pursuit. Carter decides to follow the trail, setting the stage for a chase through the bustling avenues of early twentieth‑century New York.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (336K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2021-11-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nicholas (House name) Carter

Best known as the shared pen name behind the classic Nick Carter detective adventures, this byline helped shape one of the most popular dime-novel sleuths in American popular fiction. Rather than belonging to one writer, it stood for a long-running storytelling tradition built by multiple hands.

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