Project Gutenberg 2004-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 139 Hanshew, Thomas W. 1857 1914 Hanshew, T. W. (Thomas W.) Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces" by Thomas W. Hanshew is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Hamilton Cleek, an enigmatic master of disguise and criminal genius known to Scotland Yard as "The Vanishing Cracksman." The narrative begins with a thrilling chase, where a police constable accidentally lets Cleek escape while he enacts a staged robbery for a film, setting the stage for further intrigue and crime. The opening portion introduces readers to the bustling streets of early 1900s London and a variety of characters, including the unsuspecting Police Constable Collins, who falls victim to Cleek's clever ruse while trying to assist a beautiful French woman. As the narrative progresses, we learn of Cleek's notorious reputation among law enforcement and the tension surrounding an imminent jewel heist that poses a direct challenge to Scotland Yard. This blend of drama and wit lays the groundwork for a captivating series of events as Cleek navigates his criminal world while inevitably drawing the attention of the police, particularly Superintendent Narkom, leading to a thrilling tale of cat-and-mouse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction Cleek, Hamilton (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 690527 2025-06-21T23:36:25.190725 text/html 690525 690387 2024-11-06T12:22:45.400052 2023-10-06T12:36:32.761716 text/html text/html 342218 2025-06-21T23:36:45.981682 application/epub+zip 351765 2025-06-21T23:36:34.768672 application/epub+zip 334247 2025-06-21T23:36:29.145729 application/epub+zip 609752 2025-06-21T23:36:56.266599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563390 2025-06-21T23:36:45.117692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483529 2022-09-07T15:47:28.649684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642091 2025-06-21T23:36:24.497733 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 622324 2024-10-28T21:21:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12241 2025-06-21T23:36:56.421568 application/rdf+xml 14208 2025-06-21T23:36:33.975669 image/jpeg 3559 2025-06-21T23:36:33.688717 image/jpeg 336307 2025-06-21T23:36:25.255718 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