Project Gutenberg 2018-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 164 Footner, Hulbert 1879 1944 The Owl Taxi Produced by Al Haines "The Owl Taxi" by Hulbert Footner is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces the main character, Greg Parr, a young man facing a major life transition as he contemplates leaving New York for London after a recent personal crisis. However, his plans take an unexpected turn when he finds himself posing as a taxi driver in the streets of New York, entering a world filled with surprises, intrigue, and possibly danger. At the start of the novel, Greg is on his way to catch passage on the Savoia, harboring a growing nostalgia for his familiar city. Delaying his departure, he befriends a taxi driver named Hickey Meech, who instead proposes a life swap, offering his taxi in exchange for Greg's better clothes. As Greg begins to embrace this new identity, he picks up a fare that leads to a shocking discovery—a dead body in his taxi—which complicates his situation significantly. As he navigates the aftermath, the tension ramps up with the arrival of mysterious characters, setting the stage for a suspenseful exploration of crime, deception, and identity in the bustling city. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Canadian fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 499524 2025-06-22T16:16:23.853685 text/html 502030 2018-07-06T10:35:30 text/html 206421 2025-06-22T16:16:30.602651 application/epub+zip 212628 2025-06-22T16:16:24.767738 application/epub+zip 212628 2025-06-22T16:16:24.296719 application/epub+zip 346569 2025-06-22T16:16:34.944740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327604 2025-06-22T16:16:30.158703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331047 2022-08-25T16:30:15.053732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464503 2025-06-22T16:16:22.507714 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 464583 2018-07-06T10:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18331 2025-06-22T16:16:35.098622 application/rdf+xml 4452 2025-06-22T16:16:24.410683 image/jpeg 1224 2025-06-22T16:16:24.354691 image/jpeg 177483 2018-07-06T10:35:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 193485 2018-07-06T10:35:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 196378 2025-06-22T16:16:23.900725 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