The Master Mystery

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The Master Mystery

by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve, John W. Grey

EN·~6 hours·29 chapters

Chapters

29 total
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E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Eva Sweeney, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net)

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From Scenarios by Arthur B. Reeve in Collaboration with John W. Grey and C.A. Logue

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profusely illustrated with photographic reproductions taken from the houdini super-serial of the same name. a b.a. rolfe production

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PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE HOUDINI SUPER-SERIAL

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THE MASTER MYSTERY - CHAPTER I

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CHAPTER II

9:36
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CHAPTER III

9:21
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CHAPTER IV

8:43
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CHAPTER V

14:34
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CHAPTER VI

18:42

Description

A powerful businessman has built his fortune by quietly shutting down breakthrough inventions, buying their patents only to bury the ideas forever. When an aggrieved inventor storms into his lavish library demanding justice for a water‑motor he never saw manufactured, the tension spikes. The proprietor, Peter Brent, masks his anxiety behind suave charm, hinting at a possible change of heart while his partner plots in the shadows.

Behind the polished façade, the house’s private laboratory hums with activity. Young, sharp‑witted scientist Quentin Locke monitors the scene from his desk, his equipment picking up secret signals that could expose the whole scheme. As whispers travel through hidden wires and a tiny brass disc in the chandelier, Locke senses a deeper conspiracy waiting to surface. Listeners are drawn into a world of corporate skullduggery, daring invention, and a mystery that promises to unravel the tangled web of deceit before it’s too late.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (353K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-07-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

1880–1936

A prolific early mystery writer, he helped popularize the idea of the scientific detective through his famous sleuth Craig Kennedy, often nicknamed "The American Sherlock Holmes." His stories blend classic whodunits with the new technologies and forensic ideas that were exciting readers in the early 1900s.

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JW

John W. Grey

A little-known early 20th-century writer, he is chiefly remembered for fast-moving mystery and adventure fiction tied to the silent-film era. His surviving credits connect him with serialized thrillers full of secret plots, danger, and melodrama.

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