Project Gutenberg 2025-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 125 Matull, Kurt 1872 1920 Wangemann, Eduard Carl Otto Blankensee, Theo von 1881 1928 Blank, Matthias Bakensee, Theo Blakensee, Theo von Blakensee, Theo Der blaue Tod. German Lord Lister No. 0032: De blauwe dood $aAmsterdam :$bRoman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, $c1910, pubdate 1923. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Lord Lister No. 0032: De blauwe dood" by Kurt Matull and Theo von Blankensee is a detective-adventure novella written in the early 20th century. It centers on the gentleman-criminal and sleuth Lord Lister (Raffles) as he confronts a dazzling but deadly actress, Evelin Bonn, whose charms ensnare wealthy men—including Lord Turkington—while a mysterious “blue death” lurks behind sudden, convenient heart failures. With his loyal aide Charly Brand, Lister navigates London high society, suspicious wills, and a possible poison plot, all while staying a step ahead of the police. The opening of the story finds Lord Lister back in London, where a beauty-contest winner, Evelin Bonn, inflames Lord Turkington’s passion and sparks a rivalry with the aged Earl of Heresford. When Lister visits Heresford to arrange a duel, the earl collapses and dies moments after replying to Evelin’s letter; Lister quietly pockets the distinctive blue envelope. A visit to Evelin’s home, her anxious search for that same envelope, and a fatal experiment on a fox terrier lead Lister to deduce that the envelope’s gum is laced with a fast-acting poison—the “blue death.” Meanwhile, Evelin juggles suitors, pressing Turkington to will her his fortune and ensnaring a South African magnate, as Lister teams with notary Barrison to witness the legal maneuvers and set a trap for the schemers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20190518130358matull 1910 NL Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals Dime novels -- Periodicals PT Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: German Literature 194957 2025-07-30T07:02:55.314646 text/html 165567 2025-05-29T17:15:52 text/html 226940 2025-07-30T07:03:04.491629 application/epub+zip 243228 2025-07-30T07:02:58.775653 application/epub+zip 138957 2025-07-30T07:02:57.126644 application/epub+zip 375336 2025-07-30T07:03:08.018601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345714 2025-07-30T07:03:02.713630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128244 2025-07-30T07:02:54.223668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108339 2025-05-29T17:15:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14636 2025-07-30T07:03:08.199577 application/rdf+xml 25805 2025-07-30T07:02:57.246641 image/jpeg 3978 2025-07-30T07:02:57.186650 image/jpeg 214223 2025-07-30T07:02:55.338669 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 de.wikipedia