Project Gutenberg 2024-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 124 Ostrander, Isabel 1883 1924 Chipperfield, Robert Orr Grant, Douglas Fox, David Ostrander, Isabel Egenton Annihilation $aNew York :$bRobert M. McBride & Company, $c1924. Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Annihilation" by Isabel Ostrander is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces ex-policeman Timothy McCarty, who finds himself drawn back into the world of crime investigation when he witnesses a mysterious death of a man along the waterfront in a poor district. As McCarty becomes entangled in the inquiry, the book explores themes of deception, crime, and the impact of past choices on the present. The opening of "Annihilation" sets a grim scene as McCarty encounters a man who has collapsed in the rain. Despite his defection from the police force, the adrenaline of the investigation ignites his old instincts. After confirming the man is dead, McCarty discovers peculiarities in the deceased man’s clothing and belongings, leading him to suspect foul play. As he recounts the evening's events to his friend Dennis Riordan, they delve into deeper questions about the man's identity, motives, and relationships, sparking a desire to solve the mystery surrounding his untimely death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/annihilation00ostr/page/n7/mode/2up 20210531110224ostrander 1924 US Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 578338 2025-06-29T04:09:00.702909 text/html 553475 2024-02-13T16:46:42 text/html 556111 2025-06-29T04:09:08.985844 application/epub+zip 552607 2025-06-29T04:09:02.297927 application/epub+zip 531959 2025-06-29T04:09:01.433905 application/epub+zip 1498546 2025-06-29T04:09:13.798799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1459529 2025-06-29T04:09:08.110822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530498 2025-06-29T04:08:59.530860 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 510625 2024-02-13T16:46:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16537 2025-06-29T04:09:13.930803 application/rdf+xml 14216 2025-06-29T04:09:01.654846 image/jpeg 1897 2025-06-29T04:09:01.541876 image/jpeg 985413 2025-06-29T04:09:00.755874 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