Project Gutenberg 2011-03-05 Public domain in the USA. 186 Bonner, Geraldine 1870 1930 Steele, Frederic Dorr 1873 1944 Steele, Frederick Dorr 16004388 The Black Eagle Mystery Darleen Dove, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Black Eagle Mystery" by Geraldine Bonner is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the perplexing suicide of a prominent lawyer, Hollings Harland, which sends ripples through the world of finance and leads to a series of investigations delving into deception, love, and financial ruin. Central characters include Molly Morgenthau Babbitts, a former telephone girl turned detective, and her husband Babbitts, who works as a reporter trying to piece together the web of intrigue involving Harland, his associates, and a powerful financier, Johnston Barker. The opening of the novel introduces us to Molly and her husband as they discuss the shocking news of Harland’s suicide, which takes place after a heated confrontation with Barker—who subsequently disappears. As they delve into the mystery, they explore the ramifications of the suicide on various characters around Harland, including Iola Barry, who works in an office on a floor just below the scene of the tragedy, and Miss Whitehall, a businesswoman whose fate becomes intertwined with these events. The narrative captures the initial reactions to the calamity, setting a suspenseful tone as Molly becomes drawn to uncovering the truth behind Harland’s death and Barker’s connections to it. The chapter sets the stage for a gripping tale filled with twists and revelations that challenge the characters' perceptions and motivations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35484/35484-rst/images/cover.jpg http://book.klll.cc/files/35484/35484-rst/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 457165 2025-08-14T11:22:36.054189 text/html 459314 2021-04-10T04:51:06 text/html 1200448 2025-08-14T11:22:43.210196 application/epub+zip 1200703 2025-08-14T11:22:37.705170 application/epub+zip 256573 2025-08-14T11:22:36.863146 application/epub+zip 1303822 2025-08-14T11:22:47.240120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1278301 2025-08-14T11:22:42.514130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335003 2022-09-16T09:15:17.652760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404201 2025-08-14T11:22:35.294212 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404122 2021-04-10T04:50:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19927 2025-08-14T11:22:47.390102 application/rdf+xml 21154 2025-08-14T11:22:36.949170 image/jpeg 2608 2025-08-14T11:22:36.906171 image/jpeg 153726 2021-04-10T04:51:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 1012469 2021-04-10T04:52:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 1012160 2025-08-14T11:22:36.113189 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