Nick Carter Stories No. 136, April 17, 1915: The Man They Held Back

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Nick Carter Stories No. 136, April 17, 1915: The Man They Held Back

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

EN·~3 hours

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When forged banknotes threaten the Treasury, the famed detective Nick Carter is called in to unmask the culprits. A cryptic tip points to a lavish masked ball at the grand Hotel Supremacy. To blend in, Carter dons a Mexican costume—sombrero and split trousers—after a mix‑up leaves him far from the Spanish officer uniform he wanted. With his assistant Chickering, he steps into the glittering ballroom, eyes hidden behind a black mask, ready to watch the dancers for any sign of the counterfeiters.

The ballroom’s private boxes and shadowed balconies offer perfect hiding places for those who wish to move unseen. As Carter scans the crowd, an attendant quietly pulls him toward a secluded corridor, suggesting the clue may be closer than expected. Every whispered hint and sudden movement could be the breakthrough he needs, while music and masquerade conceal both danger and opportunity. Listeners will be drawn into Carter’s tense cat‑and‑mouse game, eager to see if his disguise will finally catch the fraudsters.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (195K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)

Release date

2021-11-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

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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Roland Ashford Phillips

A prolific American pulp writer, he published adventure fiction under his own name and apparently under pseudonyms as well. His best-known novel, Golden Isle (1925), mixes sea adventure, invention, and lost-world fantasy.

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