Project Gutenberg 2020-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 114 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick Hidden Foes; Or, A Fatal Miscalculation Produced by David Edwards, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Hidden Foes; Or, A Fatal Miscalculation" by Nicholas Carter is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on the renowned detective Nicholas Carter as he is called to investigate the sudden death of Gaston Todd, a young man found dead under mysterious circumstances. As Carter delves into the case, he uncovers a tangled web of rivalry, secrets, and perhaps foul play, drawing on his exceptional skills to reveal the truth behind the enigmatic events. The opening of the novel sets a grim and suspenseful tone as it describes the moment Gaston Todd is discovered dead in a corridor, evoking intrigue with the absence of any noise or disturbance prior to his death. The narrative transitions quickly from the initial shock of the discovery to the arrival of Nicholas Carter, who is informed of the death while consulting with police about other mysterious crimes in the area. His keen observational skills and intuition suggest that Todd's death is more than a simple case of natural causes; it potentially ties into a broader pattern of criminal activity. This sets the scene for an intricate investigation filled with unexpected twists, emphasizing Carter's role as he navigates through intrigue and suspicion to uncover what lies beneath the surface. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Detective and mystery stories Dime novels PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 388201 2025-07-25T05:22:29.296111 text/html 369797 2024-10-18T05:00:27 text/html 315661 2025-07-25T05:22:36.656099 application/epub+zip 313986 2025-07-25T05:22:30.409085 application/epub+zip 245755 2025-07-25T05:22:29.861078 application/epub+zip 419804 2025-07-25T05:22:41.051000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386768 2025-07-25T05:22:36.121096 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319644 2022-09-28T10:35:29.408636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348327 2025-07-25T05:22:28.131136 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328500 2024-10-18T05:00:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16936 2025-07-25T05:22:41.650226 application/rdf+xml 23311 2025-07-25T05:22:29.963104 image/jpeg 3703 2025-07-25T05:22:29.912061 image/jpeg 254890 2025-07-25T05:22:29.334092 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 More titles under Cox, Stephen Angus Douglas More titles under Rathborne, St. George More titles under Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell)