Project Gutenberg 2015-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 242 Stringer, Arthur 1874 1950 The Wire Tappers Produced by David T. Jones, Paul Ereaut, Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) "The Wire Tappers" by Arthur Stringer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Jim Durkin, a recently released prisoner with ambitions of reinventing himself as an inventor, as he navigates the seedy underbelly of New York City. The novel explores themes of desperation, ambition, and moral ambiguity as Durkin encounters MacNutt, a man involved in a wire-tapping scheme, and Frances Candler, a woman entangled in the dangerous world of gambling. The opening of the novel introduces Durkin as he steps out into the sunlight for the first time after his release, grappling with feelings of vulnerability and uncertainty about his future. He soon meets a corpulent stranger in an oyster bar who reveals his intention to recruit Durkin for illicit work involving wire-tapping, which sparks Durkin's interest despite his initial reluctance. As the narrative unfolds, the tension grows, bringing to light both Durkin's desperation to escape his past and the alluring danger of the criminal world. Frances enters the picture as a key figure, hinting at complex relationships and deeper motivations that evolve as the plot develops. The stage is set for a compelling examination of character and choice shaped by circumstances beyond their control. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction Canadian fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 476595 2025-08-20T07:04:22.955709 text/html 455854 2024-10-22T23:15:49 text/html 385001 2025-08-20T07:04:28.430706 application/epub+zip 393862 2025-08-20T07:04:23.683638 application/epub+zip 235191 2025-08-20T07:04:23.310688 application/epub+zip 531488 2025-08-20T07:04:32.311624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495649 2025-08-20T07:04:28.088692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337382 2022-09-22T16:59:08.371130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429002 2025-08-20T07:04:22.161687 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 409238 2024-10-22T23:15:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16965 2025-08-20T07:04:32.441648 application/rdf+xml 11905 2025-08-20T07:04:23.400668 image/jpeg 1786 2025-08-20T07:04:23.354699 image/jpeg 396559 2025-08-20T07:04:22.998764 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