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·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total

CHAPTER I. A MAN IN A MASK.

12:57

CHAPTER II. WHAT NICK FOUND IN HIS SLEEVE.

11:39

CHAPTER III. SUSPECTS AND SUSPECTS.

5:58

CHAPTER IV. CLAUDIA COMES FOR HELP.

10:06

CHAPTER V. THE MAN IN THE SUMMERHOUSE.

11:18

CHAPTER VI. A CLEW BY WATER.

9:34

CHAPTER VII. ON THE BRINK OF BATTLE.

10:59

CHAPTER VIII. NICK WINS A POINT.

15:04

CHAPTER IX. RASCALITY TRICKED.

11:27

CHAPTER X. CHICK REPORTS PROGRESS.

9:30

Description

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

Nov 16, 2021

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nicholas (House name) Carter

Best known as the house name behind the wildly popular Nick Carter detective stories, this byline helped fuel one of the longest-running phenomena in American dime-novel fiction. It came to stand for fast-moving mysteries, cliffhangers, and a steady stream of adventures published for a mass audience.

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Roland Ashford Phillips

An early 20th-century American writer of adventure and popular fiction, he published widely in magazines and also wrote pieces for Scientific American. His work ranges from fast-moving serial tales to imaginative stories with a touch of speculative adventure.

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