Arthur B Reeve

"America's Sherlock Holmes", detective Professor Craig Kennedy, employs both science and logic to solve a variety of evildoings in this collection of short puzzlers. He catches murderers, gambling fixers and swindlers in stories that feature such exotics as spiritist s ances and "spontaneous human combustion" in tales by one of the more popular and prolific writers of the early 20th century.

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"A collection that might have been called CSI: 1912."—Kirkus ReviewsThe seventh book in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress. This short story collection features twelve tales of intrigue and suspense, starring Craig Kennedy, the "American Sherlock Holmes."New York City, early 1900s.Craig Kennedy, a university professor who uses science to help catch criminals, investigates crimes in and around NYC boroughs featuring deaths by apparent-but-inexplicable means. These highly imaginative crimes include spontaneous combustion and vengeful spirits, along with less fatal crimes involving kidnapping, safe-cracking, and a missing fortune in diamonds. With his impressive knowledge, friend Walter Jameson (his own Watson!), and use of cutting-edge technology of the day, Kennedy cracks each case using unorthodox yet entertaining means.Arthur B. Reeve's Craig Kennedy stories were so popular in his time that he went on to publish twenty-six books featuring the professor, who also appeared in comic strips and a number of films. Readers of classic crime fiction will delight in this collection of twelve short stories. Fans of Sherlock Holmes will especially appreciate Kennedy's insistence on logic and science over brawn.

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"मैं प्रकृति से एक जासूस नहीं हूं, प्रोफेसर कैनेडी, लेकिन अच्छी तरह से, कभी-कभी किसी को कुछ इस तरह से मजबूर किया जाता है।" Maude Euston, जिन्होंने अपनी प्रयोगशाला में क्रेग की मांग की थी, एक हड़ताली लड़की थी, केवल इसलिए नहीं कि वह बहुत सुंदर थी या इसलिए कि उसका गाउन मॉडिश था। शायद यह उसकी ईमानदारी और कलाहीनता थी जिसने उसे आकर्षक बना दिया।वह कॉन्टिनेंटल एक्सप्रेस कंपनी के अध्यक्ष बैरी यूस्टन की बेटी थी, और कोई भी आसानी से देख सकता था कि उसके पिता के पद से अलग होने के कारण, वह शहर में सबसे अधिक मांग वाली युवा महिलाओं में से एक होनी चाहिए।मिस यूस्टन ने कैनेडी की आंखों में सीधे देखा, जैसे उसने सवाल पूछने के लिए इंतजार किए बिना "कल मैंने कुछ ऐसा सुना है जिसने मुझे बहुत अच्छा समझा है। आप जानते हैं, हम सेंट जर्मेन में रहते हैं जब हम शहर में हैं। मैंने पिछले कई महीनों से देखा है कि लॉबी अजीब, विदेशी दिखने वाले लोगों से भरी हुई है। ।"ठीक है, कल दोपहर मैं होटल के चाय-कमरे में अकेला बैठा था, कुछ दोस्तों का इंतजार कर रहा था। एक विशाल हथेली के दूसरी ओर मैंने एक जोड़े को फुसफुसाते हुए सुना। मैंने महिला को होटल के बारे में अक्सर देखा है, हालांकि मुझे पता है। वह वहाँ नहीं रहती है। वह आदमी जिसे मैंने पहले कभी देखा नहीं था। उन्होंने पिता की कंपनी के कोषाध्यक्ष ग्रानविले बार्न्स के नाम का उल्लेख किया- ""ऐसा क्या?" कैनेडी में कटौती, जल्दी से। "मैंने आज सुबह पत्रों में उसके बारे में कहानी पढ़ी।"खुद के लिए, मैं तुरंत ब्याज के साथ जीवित था, भी।

Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "the American Sherlock Holmes," will need all of his scientific expertise to solve these mysteriesA railroad vice president and his chauffeur are struck with sudden and mysterious seizures on their way to work; a family in New York City suffers from a dangerous disease; the healthy American consul in the Virgin Islands collapses and dies without explanation; a Wall Street speculator is apparently stabbed to death with a rubber dagger. When facing an unsolvable mystery that defies all easy explanation, Professor Craig Kennedy, armed with his knowledge of chemistry, technology, and Freudian psychology, is just the man for the job.For more detective mysteries from Arthur B. Reeve, check out The Soul Scar and The Exploits of Elaine on audio from Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media.

Arthur B. Reeve is best-known as the creator of Professor Craig Kennedy, "the American Sherlock Holmes." This scientific detective, professor of Chemistry at Columbia University uses his knowledge of science and psychoanalysis for criminal investigations. Reeve was the first crime writers to employ the forensic devices. In the Craig Kennedy's investigations, the forensic equipment is used to process samples and evidence to solve crimes (finger printing, gyroscopes, drugs or chemicals analysis, lie detectors...). This book is a classic that has kept all its charm and definitely is a brilliantly written Masterpiece.LARGE PRINT EDITION The First Ten Investigations of Professor Craig Kennedy: THE CASE OF HELEN BONDTHE SILENT BULLETTHE BACTERIOLOGICAL DETECTIVETHE DEADLY TUBETHE SEISMOGRAPH ADVENTURETHE DIAMOND MAKERTHE AZURE RING"SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION" THE TERROR IN THE AIRTHE BLACK HAND

"It's the most perplexing case I've been up against, Kennedy, for a long time." Doctor Leslie, now medical adviser to the district attorney, had dropped in at the laboratory, and, to tell the truth, I was glad of the interruption. For from a retort Kennedy was evolving an olfactory offense which was particularly annoying to me, especially as I was struggling with an article on art for The Star. The things were incongruous, and the article suffered. "A case?" repeated Kennedy, mechanically. "Here-stick your foot up. That's fine," he added, as he scraped the sole and heel of Leslie's shoe, while Leslie fidgeted impatiently. "This is new." Apparently Leslie's case was forgotten before it was begun. "You know," Craig went on, eagerly, "the use of all these new leather substitutes is opening a new field for detectives in the study of foot marks. I've just been analyzing the composition of some of the products. I'll soon be able to identify them all. A case, you say-eh?"

Reproduction of the original: The Social Gangster by Arthur B. Reeve

Reproduction of the original: The Social Gangster by Arthur B. Reeve

Reproduction of the original: The Craig Kennedy Series by Arthur B. Reeve

Reproduction of the original: The Craig Kennedy Series by Arthur B. Reeve