
A late‑night stroll through the fog‑shrouded streets of Lincoln Street becomes a puzzle when Raffles spots two strangers whisking a seemingly intoxicated woman into the jeweler Morton’s house. A sudden flash of light and a muffled scream hint at something far more sinister than a simple drunken stumble, and Raffles can’t shake the feeling that a hidden crime has unfolded behind the shop’s glittering windows. His curiosity is sparked by the eerie glow of a vintage thief’s lantern, a relic he recognizes from his own collection of criminal curiosities.
Teaming up with his loyal friend Charly, Raffles begins to untangle the tangled clues: a mysterious female accomplice, a cryptic conversation between the old jeweler and his guest, and the unsettling silence that follows the scream. As the pair watches the scene unfold from the shadows, the story invites listeners into a tense, atmospheric investigation where every flicker of light could reveal a deadly secret.
Language
nl
Duration
~1 hours (111K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Netherlands: Roman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, 1910, pubdate 1923.
Credits
The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
Release date
2023-03-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1881–1928
A prolific German storyteller of popular adventure and crime fiction, he wrote under the pen name Theo von Blankensee as well as his own name, Matthias Blank. His books came from the fast-moving world of early 20th-century entertainment, where suspense and action mattered most.
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1872–1920
A prolific German popular writer and journalist, he moved easily between novels, magazines, and the early film world. His career captures a lively moment when adventure fiction and new screen storytelling were growing side by side.
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