
THE GREAT DETECTIVE SERIES.
LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,
DANGEROUS GROUND.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I. - “STARS OF THE FORCE.”
CHAPTER II. - ODDLY EMPLOYED.
CHAPTER III. - THE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT.
CHAPTER IV. - ENLISTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
CHAPTER V. - “STANHOPE’S FIRST TRICK.”
CHAPTER VI. - STANHOPE’S HUMANITY.
A storm‑tossed night on the Kansas frontier in 1859 finds a small wagon train huddled around a flickering campfire. The wind howls through the timber, rain lashes the ground, and uneasy travelers clutch lanterns while a mother watches her child from the edge of the shelter. In the gloom, the group’s leader, Captain
Language
en
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~10 hours (625K characters)
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Harry Lamé, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2011-06-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

A prolific early mystery writer hiding behind a male pen name, this American novelist helped shape popular detective fiction in the late 19th century. Her stories are packed with puzzles, danger, and determined investigators.
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