Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 153 Cohen, Octavus Roy 1891 1959 Midnight E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Midnight" by Octavus Roy Cohen is a novel written in the early 20th century, specifically in the 1920s. The story begins with a young taxi driver named Spike Walters, who is working the late shift on a freezing December night. The narrative quickly plunges into mystery as Spike picks up a veiled woman at Union Station, only to discover moments later that a dead man has inexplicably appeared in his cab. The unfolding events suggest a deeper intrigue involving crime and deception, compelling readers to question the motivations of the characters involved. At the start of the narrative, Spike Walters is enduring the brutal cold while waiting for passengers. When a young woman enters his cab, she gives him an address and seemingly vanishes when they arrive, leaving behind only her suitcase and the body of a man named Roland Warren. The atmosphere thickens with suspense as Spike grapples with the alarming reality of the murder in his cab. As the police get involved, with the enigmatic detective David Carroll leading the investigation, the story hints at a tangled web of relationships involving jealousy, social stature, and potential motives tied to Warren's unexpected demise. This opening sets the stage for an engaging whodunit that blends elements of mystery and character drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 358836 2025-08-05T06:17:33.523443 text/html 358841 358671 2024-11-05T07:46:44.816070 2023-10-05T08:03:37.376124 text/html text/html 202442 2025-08-05T06:17:41.260397 application/epub+zip 208304 2025-08-05T06:17:36.267379 application/epub+zip 198800 2025-08-05T06:17:35.088382 application/epub+zip 358951 2025-08-05T06:17:45.242366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326984 2025-08-05T06:17:40.497392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308715 2022-09-05T11:24:11.305349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307322 2025-08-05T06:17:33.141420 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 287551 2024-10-28T18:23:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16954 2025-08-05T06:17:45.393347 application/rdf+xml 11146 2025-08-05T06:17:35.594399 image/jpeg 2884 2025-08-05T06:17:35.331396 image/jpeg 198675 2025-08-05T06:17:33.550402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia