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In the dimly lit vault of a St. Louis banking house, the atmosphere is thick with desperation. Jim Stockes, the embattled owner, discovers that the two‑million‑dollar payment owed to the powerful cotton magnate Dick Patton has vanished. His trusted accountant, Peter Voß, remains unnervingly calm, accusing Stockes of reckless speculation and hinting at a daring solution.
Voß proposes an audacious scheme: he will become the very thief the firm needs, slipping the missing funds back into the safe under the cover of night. As he outlines the plan, the shadow of the infamous detective Bobby Dodd looms, promising a cat‑and‑mouse chase that could expose every secret. Listeners are drawn into a tense game of wits, where loyalty, greed, and survival clash in the bustling world of early‑20th‑century American finance.
Language
de
Duration
~8 hours (489K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Germany: Verlag Ullstein & Co, 1913.
Credits
Peter Becker, Norbert Mueller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2023-04-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1877–1959
Best known for a wildly entertaining crime comedy about a gentleman thief, this prolific German novelist also loved seafaring settings and brisk adventure. His stories often mix wit, action, and a sharp feel for popular storytelling.
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