Project Gutenberg 2008-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 235 Keller, David H. (David Henry) 1880 1966 Cecil, Henry Keller, David Henry Kotzky, Alex 1923 1996 Kotzky, Alexander S. The Rat Racket Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Rat Racket" by David H. Keller, M.D. is a thrilling story that falls within the realm of crime fiction, likely written in the early 20th century. The plot centers around the alarming rise of racketeering through a bizarre and destructive method involving rats, threatening various businesses in a bustling metropolis. With Keller's clever narrative, the book explores themes of corruption, fear, and the unexpected consequences of a criminal underworld. The storyline unfolds through the experiences of Richard Moyer and Paul Perkins, owners of a grocery business besieged by a racketeering gang demanding payment for "protection" from rats. As the menace grows, they find themselves ensnared in a web of fear and financial extortion, leading to devastating consequences for their city and its citizens. The arrival of the enigmatic Winifred Willowby offers a glimmer of hope, as he devises a plan to combat the rat-induced havoc. However, the plan's execution leads to an unexpected and chaotic culmination at a gathering of gangsters, resulting in a dramatic turn of events that underscores the story's chilling warning about the depths of human greed and the perils of underestimating one’s adversaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Gangsters -- Fiction Rats -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 67687 2025-10-11T06:56:02.258837 text/html 63787 2008-10-12T11:51:14 text/html 157427 2025-10-11T06:56:06.250827 application/epub+zip 156256 2025-10-11T06:56:03.944840 application/epub+zip 82786 2025-10-11T06:56:02.800823 application/epub+zip 307940 2025-10-11T06:56:07.886805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300146 2025-10-11T06:56:05.521811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114761 2022-09-12T11:47:51.656687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60124 2025-10-11T06:56:01.998837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60039 2008-10-12T11:51:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19752 2025-10-11T06:56:08.020795 application/rdf+xml 9787 2025-10-11T06:56:03.288838 image/jpeg 2874 2025-10-11T06:56:03.041831 image/jpeg 100343 2008-10-12T11:51:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 23147 2008-10-12T11:51:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 156035 2025-10-11T06:56:02.268844 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 en.wikipedia