Project Gutenberg 2012-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 246 Lynch, Lawrence L. Van Deventer, Emma Murdoch Deventer, Emma Murdoch van Van Deventer, E. M. (Emma Murdoch) Murdoch van Deventer, E. (Emma) Out of a Labyrinth E-text prepared by Veronika Redfern, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Out of a Labyrinth" by Lawrence L. Lynch is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a skilled detective who begins investigating the mysterious disappearances of two young women from a close-knit farming community named Groveland. The protagonist’s quest intertwines with secrets, threats from a lurking enemy, and the efforts to unmask a hidden villain, hinting at an intricate web of deception and danger. The beginning of the novel introduces a detective who has just returned from a failed assignment, during which he attempted to uncover the root cause of disturbances afflicting Groveland's residents. As he boards a train, he reflects on his recent mishap where he was warned away from investigating and subsequently shot at. The tension mounts with the revelation of two young women who have gone missing, leading to the detective’s determination to infiltrate the community disguised as a laborer. When his identity becomes compromised due to a threatening letter, the detective resolves to delve deeper into the mystery, advocating the need for utmost discretion as the story unfolds and the threat to his life amplifies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/38888/38888-h/images/th_cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 616689 2025-10-15T15:54:46.218053 text/html 625273 2012-02-15T15:19:22 text/html 17182112 2025-10-15T15:54:59.735021 application/epub+zip 17170613 2025-10-15T15:54:48.734093 application/epub+zip 306247 2025-10-15T15:54:47.185057 application/epub+zip 17354168 2025-10-15T15:55:07.635972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 17265525 2025-10-15T15:54:56.968032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441158 2022-09-17T17:17:32.622841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536585 2025-10-15T15:54:43.927138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 536225 2012-02-15T15:15:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 536239 2012-02-15T15:15:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20259 2025-10-15T15:55:07.830955 application/rdf+xml 25781 2025-10-15T15:54:47.297079 image/jpeg 3087 2025-10-15T15:54:47.242051 image/jpeg 206693 2012-02-15T15:15:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 16201876 2012-02-15T15:22:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 206658 2012-02-15T15:15:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 16411739 2025-10-15T15:54:46.576085 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