Project Gutenberg 2021-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 140 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Corporation,$c1903,copyright 1905. David Edwards, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire" by Nicholas Carter is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the titular character, Nick Carter, a renowned detective known for unraveling complex cases and outsmarting criminals. The narrative is filled with intrigue as various characters conspire, each with their own motives and secrets. The opening of the novel introduces a complex web of deception involving a beautiful woman named Louise Calhoun and a wealthy banker, Hilton Field. As Louise attempts to manipulate the banker with feigned emotions, an underlying plot of kidnapping unfolds, while Nick Carter's name emerges as a potential foe for these criminals. The tension escalates when Louise and her accomplice, Elmer Greer, carry out their nefarious plans, leading to a struggle that encompasses various figures in New York's criminal underbelly. The stage is set for a classic battle of wits between Carter and those seeking power and wealth through nefarious means. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20190811154744carter 1903 us Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Dime novels American fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 391792 2025-06-26T10:35:17.197457 text/html 379199 2024-10-18T17:29:34 text/html 289629 2025-06-26T10:35:25.306392 application/epub+zip 287801 2025-06-26T10:35:18.569398 application/epub+zip 247130 2025-06-26T10:35:17.907405 application/epub+zip 409899 2025-06-26T10:35:29.762338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380640 2025-06-26T10:35:24.643363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340457 2022-09-30T05:10:42.681240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345817 2025-06-26T10:35:15.327402 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 325851 2024-10-18T17:29:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17174 2025-06-26T10:35:29.900336 application/rdf+xml 30624 2025-06-26T10:35:18.052419 image/jpeg 4636 2025-06-26T10:35:17.978426 image/jpeg 226936 2025-06-26T10:35:17.229405 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