Project Gutenberg 2021-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 148 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick Phillips, Roland Ashford Nick Carter Stories No. 139, May 8, 1915: The Pressing Peril The Pressing Peril -- Dared for Los Angeles [concluded]. David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library) "The Pressing Peril; Or, Nick Carter and the Star Looters" by Carter and Phillips is a detective fiction story likely written in the early 20th century. This installment of the Nick Carter series centers around the famous New York detective, Nick Carter, as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of Lady Waldmere, who is presumably kidnapped while out with her husband. At the start of the story, readers are introduced to Nick Carter as he encounters an Englishman, Lord Waldmere, who is in distress over the sudden abduction of his American wife, Lady Waldmere. As Nick listens to the young lord’s account, it becomes evident that she was taken away under suspicious circumstances, leading Nick to suspect foul play linked to a recent visit to a loan company. The chapter hints at a web of deceit and abduction, setting the stage for Nick Carter's determined quest to unravel the mystery and rescue Lady Waldmere, introducing an intriguing mix of suspense and charm characteristic of early detective tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Popular literature -- Periodicals Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 247664 2025-06-26T09:59:43.918386 text/html 229693 2024-10-18T17:06:39 text/html 650089 2025-06-26T09:59:53.489349 application/epub+zip 649988 2025-06-26T09:59:48.212348 application/epub+zip 600000 2025-06-26T09:59:45.633448 application/epub+zip 1146184 2025-06-26T09:59:56.547333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122779 2025-06-26T09:59:51.560352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1005623 2022-09-30T03:58:25.530564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224054 2025-06-26T09:59:43.372410 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204013 2024-10-18T17:06:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17065 2025-06-26T09:59:56.676303 application/rdf+xml 24191 2025-06-26T09:59:46.424379 image/jpeg 3957 2025-06-26T09:59:46.016363 image/jpeg 2770847 2025-06-26T09:59:43.958380 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 Rathborne, St. George More titles under Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) More titles under Cox, Stephen Angus Douglas