Project Gutenberg 2014-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 171 Forrester, Andrew Secret Service; or, Recollections of a City Detective My great electioneering trick -- Mistaken identity -- An unscrupulous woman -- The incendiary gang -- A railway accident? -- A patriotic barber in fault -- A romance of social life -- The virtue of an American passport -- Who was the greatest criminal? -- A grand railway "plant" -- An episode of criminal justice -- The workhouse doctor -- The missing will -- The duke's mystery -- The attorney and the smuggler -- Swindling according to Act of Parliament -- Matrimonial espionage. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Secret Service; or, Recollections of a City Detective" by Andrew Forrester is a collection of detective stories written in the late 19th century. This work presents a fascinating insight into the world of crime and political machinations through the eyes of a city detective, whose recollections reveal various cases involving corruption and intrigue. The themes of deception, social commentary, and the moral complexities of crime and politics are likely central to the narrative. The opening of this work introduces the reader to a specific election in the Borough of N----, highlighting the pervasive culture of bribery and corruption that plagues the political landscape. The narrator, a city detective, reflects on the electoral process and the character of various candidates, including Mr. Jollefat, who aspires to be elected. The current state of despair in the town and the manipulative strategies employed by political agents set the stage for a deeper exploration of the mechanics behind electoral fraud, as the narrator concocts a clever ruse to influence the outcome of the election. This engaging start establishes a tone of wit and critical observation that likely continues throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46520/46520-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction Short stories Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: British Literature 527577 2025-08-18T17:02:18.099205 text/html 511816 2024-10-24T09:45:59 text/html 276202 2025-08-18T17:02:23.907179 application/epub+zip 282580 2025-08-18T17:02:18.924211 application/epub+zip 267834 2025-08-18T17:02:18.476227 application/epub+zip 443012 2025-08-18T17:02:27.946186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408139 2025-08-18T17:02:23.561169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393363 2022-09-21T07:14:50.723389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497209 2025-08-18T17:02:17.317186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 497007 2024-11-28T10:48:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17157 2025-08-18T17:02:28.102121 application/rdf+xml 24095 2025-08-18T17:02:18.568188 image/jpeg 4042 2025-08-18T17:02:18.522180 image/jpeg 269031 2025-08-18T17:02:18.143191 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