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Private investigators -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
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Williams, John Babbington.
Private investigators -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
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Leaves from the note-book of a New York detective : the private record of J.B. /
John
Babbington
Williams
.
by
Williams
,
John
Babbington
.
Westholme, c2008.
Call #:
FICTION WIL
Subjects
Private investigators -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781594160806 (trade pbk.)
1594160805 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
Private record of J.B.
Description:
xx, 339 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"First published in 1865 by Dick & Fitzgerald"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
The silver pin -- The mysterious advertisement -- The club-foot -- The accusing leaves -- The struggle for life -- The Bowie-knife sheath -- The night of peril -- Stabbed in the back -- The masked robbers -- The lottery ticket -- The coiners -- The defrauded heir -- The shadow of a hand -- An adventure with Italian brigands -- A Satanic compact -- Mr. Sterling's confession -- The knotted handkerchief -- The phantom face -- The broken cent -- An adventure at an inn -- My first brief -- The Walker Street tragedy -- Buried alive -- The mystery of Darewood Hall -- The artist's story -- A churchyard adventure -- A terrible night in Baltimore -- Magnetic influence -- A story of a pack of cards.
Summary:
"Twenty years before the Sherlock Holmes mysteries were written, a fictional New York private investigator was celebrated for his ability to solve crimes based on the principles of observation and deductive reasoning that later became Holmes' hallmark. Originally published in 1864 and never before reprinted, Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York Detective features twenty-nine cases of James Brampton, the first American detective hero to appear in fiction. The book opens with a chance meeting between a medical doctor,
John
Babbington
Williams
(the actual author of the stories), and detective James Brampton. They become acquaintances, and after Brampton has retired after twenty years of service, he sends his case notebooks to Dr.
Williams
to be edited and published. The result is a stunning collection of intriguing mysteries, including "The Defrauded Heir," "The Phantom Face," "A Satanic Compact," and "The Walker Street Tragedy." In case after case, using his power of observation, detective Brampton is able prove the innocence of the wrongly accused, as when he finds a small vest button overlooked by others that leads to the true killer's identity. This first modern edition of this important work now takes its place once more in the development of mystery writing between Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, the casebook of the original American detective hero."--Back cover.
Genre:
Short stories.
Historical mystery fiction.
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