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by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell
CHAPTER I. AN OLD OFFENDER.
CHAPTER II. THE STOLEN PLATE.
CHAPTER III. NICK CARTER’S CRAFT.
CHAPTER IV. WHAT NICK HAD LEARNED.
CHAPTER V. ANGEL FACE.
CHAPTER VI. DOWN AND OUT.
CHAPTER VII. INTO A TRAP.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MELTING POT.
CHAPTER IX. DEAD ASHES.
Nick Carter, the seasoned private investigator, finds himself face‑to‑face with an old nemesis, Stuart Floyd, a gaunt and ruthless crook whose very name still haunts the detective’s reputation. Their terse exchange on a bustling Madison Avenue reveals a bitter history of betrayals, arrests, and a lingering vendetta that promises to drag Carter into a new, dangerous game. Floyd’s ominous warning about a “melting pot” hints at a fresh scheme that could threaten more than just the detective’s pride.
As the city hums around them, Carter’s calm composure masks a mind already piecing together the clues hidden in Floyd’s cryptic threat. The story unfolds with gritty street‑level intrigue, drawing listeners into a world of secret conspiracies and relentless pursuit. Expect a classic blend of sharp dialogue, clever deductions, and the relentless drive of a hero who never forgets a face.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (194K 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
2021-11-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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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A newspaperman turned prolific magazine fiction writer, he published fast-moving mysteries, adventure tales, and popular serials in the early 1900s. He also wrote under the name Charles Carey, a byline that appears on much of his best-known work.
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