Project Gutenberg 2022-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 120 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick Jenkins, Burke Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew. Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnapper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew. $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smaith,$c1914,copyright 1915. The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew -- Ruby light [continued]. David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library) "The Girl Kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's Up-To-Date Clew" is a detective story from the Nick Carter series, likely written in the early 20th century. This installment sets the stage for a thrilling mystery involving the disappearance of Mrs. de Puyster van Dietrich from a locked hotel room, prompting the arrival of the renowned detective Nick Carter to solve the case. The story is rife with intrigue, as wealthy guests in a seaside hotel grapple with unexplained vanishings, setting the tone for a captivating investigation led by Carter. The opening portion of the story establishes a puzzling scenario where Mrs. van Dietrich disappears from her locked bedroom, triggering concern among the hotel managers. As tension builds, two detectives—Paul Savage and James Mallory—debate the strange circumstances surrounding her disappearance and reach out to Nick Carter for assistance. Simultaneously, Carter reveals himself to be impersonating Colonel Pearson as he assesses the situation, hinting at deeper intrigues involving other guests at the hotel, including a character named Baroness Latour. The chapter teases a layered plot, as it intertwines the themes of abduction, deceit, and detective work, while slowly introducing the distinct personalities involved in this enigmatic case. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A86131#page/1/mode/1up 20200418182501carter 1914 us Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Popular literature -- Periodicals Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 251220 2025-07-27T11:26:45.837645 text/html 245954 2022-11-19T14:17:04 text/html 474356 2025-07-27T11:26:51.356640 application/epub+zip 476011 2025-07-27T11:26:47.179666 application/epub+zip 187799 2025-07-27T11:26:46.321677 application/epub+zip 908640 2025-07-27T11:26:54.638665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 880482 2025-07-27T11:26:50.611652 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227300 2025-07-27T11:26:44.987682 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221708 2022-11-19T14:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19238 2025-07-27T11:26:54.797602 application/rdf+xml 23599 2025-07-27T11:26:46.605664 image/jpeg 3943 2025-07-27T11:26:46.447642 image/jpeg 85528 2022-11-19T14:20:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 459854 2022-11-19T14:17:35 application/octet-stream application/zip 461195 2025-07-27T11:26:45.869661 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 Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) More titles under Rathborne, St. George