Chapter I: Front Matter

_The Biggest Line of Copyright Detective Literature Published_

THE MAGNET LIBRARY

OF FASCINATING DETECTIVE STORIES

PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK

This line has become famous for its excellent stories of the detection of crime. Of late, it has taken truly remarkable strides in the public’s favor. The reason for this is, that every book is a marvel of its kind. They are high-class tales, not of the “blood and thunder” order, but with plausable plots which hold the reader fairly captivated with breathless expectation. Among these are the stories of the adventures of Nick Carter and his clever assistants; of “Old Spicer,” the clever private detective, whose exploits are among the most remarkable ever performed by any detective. If you are in search of good, interesting matter, a decided change from that to which you have been accustomed, purchase a few of these titles. They will not only please and interest you, but will give you a clear insight into the methods of the various classes of criminals.

To be Published During July

400--The Living Mark By Nicholas Carter 399--An Oath of Vengeance By John K. Stafford 398--Under a Black Veil By Nicholas Carter

To be Published During June

397--A Crime Without a Name By Dick Stewart 396--A Baffled Oath By Nicholas Carter 395--A Kentucky Moonshiner By Inspector Stark 394--Playing for a Fortune By Nicholas Carter

To be Published During May

393--The Convent Mystery By John K. Stafford 392--With Links of Steel By Nicholas Carter 391--A Villain’s Work By Dick Stewart 390--A Royal Thief By Nicholas Carter

To be Published During April

389--A Deed of Darkness By Inspector Stark 388--The Diamond Trail By Nicholas Carter 387--Under the Surface By John K. Stafford 386--Down and Out By Nicholas Carter

To be Published During March

385--The Search for a Motive By Dick Stewart 384--A Cigarette Clew By Nicholas Carter 383--The Mafia’s Victim By Inspector Stark 382--A Villainous Scheme By Nicholas Carter

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381--A Millionaire’s Crime By John K. Stafford 380--The Price of Treachery By Nicholas Carter 379--Confederated Rogues By Dick Stewart 378--A Tangled Case By Nicholas Carter 377--The Telegraph Clew By Inspector Stark 376--A Mysterious “Graft” By Nicholas Carter 375--A Cruel Suspicion By Fay P. Rathbun 374--Trapped In His Own Net By Nicholas Carter 373--A Bid for a Life By Scott Campbell 372--A Scientific Forger By Nicholas Carter 371--The Signs of the Dagger By H. O. Cooke 370--The Ruby Pin By Nicholas Carter 369--The Tell-tale Watch By Meta De Vere 368--In the Gloom of Night By Nicholas Carter 367--Who Was He? By Philip Little 366--Ahead of the Game By Nicholas Carter 365--A “Spurious Note” Maker By John K. Stafford 364--Following a Chance Clew By Nicholas Carter 363--A Political Plotter By Dick Stewart 362--A Broken Trail By Nicholas Carter 361--The Shadow of an Assassin By Inspector Stark 360--A Missing Man By Nicholas Carter 359--A Daring Express Messenger By John K. Stafford 358--A Mysterious Foe By Nicholas Carter 357--A Game of “Draw” By Dick Stewart 356--The Queen of Diamonds By Nicholas Carter 355--An Unexpected Move By Scott Campbell 354--An Ingenious Stratagem By Nicholas Carter 353--The Missing Bracelet By Inspector Stark 352--The Master Villain By Nicholas Carter 351--Smugglers at Odds By John K. Stafford 350--Playing a Lone Hand By Nicholas Carter 349--The “Green Goods” Speculator By Dick Stewart 348--The Mystic Diagram By Nicholas Carter 347--A Queen of Blackmailers By the author of “Seth Hunt” 346--The Cab Driver’s Secret By Nicholas Carter 345--The Deed of a Night By the author of “Nat Tyler” 344--Against Desperate Odds By Nicholas Carter 343--The Stolen Jewels By “Old Spicer” 342--The Secret Panel By Nicholas Carter 341--Two Conspirators By the author of “Seth Hunt” 340--The Criminal Link By Nicholas Carter 339--The Confession of a Thug By the author of “Nat Tyler” 338--The Wizard of the Cue By Nicholas Carter 337--The Palace of Chance By “Old Spicer” 336--Driven From Cover By Nicholas Carter 335--The Woman in Red By Scott Campbell 334--Beyond Pursuit By Nicholas Carter 333--A Question of Evidence By “Old Spicer” 332--The Certified Check By Nicholas Carter 331--A Secret Suspicion By the author of “Seth Hunt” 330--The Toss of a Penny By Nicholas Carter 329--The Price of “Protection” By the author of “Nat Tyler” 328--A Detective’s Theory By Nicholas Carter 327--The Tattooed Wrist By “Old Spicer” 326--A Bundle of Clews By Nicholas Carter 325--The Cross in the Dust By the author of “Seth Hunt” 324--The “Hot Air” Clew By Nicholas Carter 323--Sherlock Holmes. Vol. II By A. Conan Doyle 322--Sherlock Holmes. Vol. I By A. Conan Doyle 321--The Missing Bullet By the author of “Nat Tyler” 320--The Cloak of Guilt By Nicholas Carter 319--Tightening the Coils By “Old Spicer” 318--The Cashier’s Secret By Nicholas Carter 317--A Midnight Vigil By the author of “Nat Tyler” 316--Circumstantial Evidence By Nicholas Carter 315--In the Shadow By “Old Spicer” 314--The Barrel Mystery By Nicholas Carter 313--Cunning Against Force By Tom Steele 312--Heard in the Dark By Nicholas Carter 311--A Transatlantic Puzzle By the author of “Seth Hunt” 310--The Crown Diamond By Nicholas Carter 309--The Power of a Villain By the author of “Nat Tyler” 308--The Photographer’s Evidence By Nicholas Carter 307--A Desperate Game By “Old Spicer” 306--A Ring of Dust By Nicholas Carter 305--The Tell-Tale Tattoo By Jack Sharpe 304--The Twin Mystery By Nicholas Carter 303--The Branded Hand By the author of “Seth Hunt” 302--Under False Colors By Nicholas Carter 301--The Wall Street Swindlers By Jack Sharpe 300--A Blow for Vengeance By Nicholas Carter 299--The Sleepless Eye By the author of “Nat Tyler” 298--A Masterpiece of Crime By Nicholas Carter 297--The Shadow of Guilt By “Old Spicer” 296--The Guilty Governor By Nicholas Carter 295--Tracked by a Pin By Richard Hackstaff 294--The Blood-Red Badge By Nicholas Carter 293--On the Stroke of Midnight By the author of “Seth Hunt” 292--A Great Conspiracy By Nicholas Carter 291--In Terror’s Grasp By the author of “Nat Tyler” 290--The Hole in the Vault By Nicholas Carter 289--The Crippled Hand By Frederick S. Stewart 288--The Council of Death By Nicholas Carter 287--A Dead Witness By “Old Spicer” 286--A Bonded Villain By Nicholas Carter 285--A Rascal’s Nerve By the author of “Seth Hunt” 284--A Blackmailer’s Bluff By Nicholas Carter 283--The Crimson Glove By the author of “Nat Tyler” 282--A Race Track Gamble By Nicholas Carter 281--The Stroke of a Knife By Burnham F. Mason 280--The Seal of Death By Nicholas Carter 279--On the Brink of Ruin By “Old Spicer” 278--A Sharper’s Downfall By Nicholas Carter 277--An Eye for an Eye By the author of “Seth Hunt” 276--A Checkmated Scoundrel By Nicholas Carter 275--The Banker’s Millions By the author of “Nat Tyler” 274--Paid With Death By Nicholas Carter 273--The Rogue With a Past By Robert Wesley 272--The Chain of Evidence By Nicholas Carter 271--A High-Class Swindler By “Old Spicer” 270--The Fatal Prescription By Nicholas Carter 269--The Man Who Knew By the author of “Seth Hunt” 268--Hounded to Death By Nicholas Carter 267--An Unfortunate Rogue By the author of “Nat Tyler” 266--A Stroke of Policy By Nicholas Carter 265--The Three Finger Marks By “Old Spicer” 264--Two Villains in One By Nicholas Carter. 263--The Loaded Orange By Gilbert Jerome. 262--A False Combination By Nicholas Carter. 261--A Matter of Thousands By the author of “Old Spicer” 260--At the Knife’s Point By Nicholas Carter. 259--The Band of Mystery By Maro O. Rolfe 258--Man Against Man By Nicholas Carter. 257--The Man Who Made Diamonds By the author of “Nat Tyler” 256--The Vial of Death By Nicholas Carter. 255--The Sport of Fate By the author of “Old Spicer.” 254--Behind a Mask By Nicholas Carter. 253--The Fatal Request By A. L. Harris. 252--The Man and His Price By Nicholas Carter. 251--The Nine of Hearts By B. L. Farjeon. 250--A Double-Handed Game By Nicholas Carter. 249--Old Stonewall, Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 248--The Toss of a Coin By Nicholas Carter. 247--The Results of a Duel By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 246--Nick Carter’s Death Warrant By Nicholas Carter. 245--A Victim of Villainy By F. L. Broughton. 244--A Trusted Rogue By Nicholas Carter. 243--The Man and the Crime By Harry Rockwood. 242--Run to Earth By Nicholas Carter. 241--From Thief to Detective By Fergus Hume. 240--Weaving the Web By Nicholas Carter. 239--The Man from the South By Judson R. Taylor. 238--The Claws of the Tiger By Nicholas Carter. 237--A Kidnapped Millionaire By Richard A. Wainwright. 236--A Move in the Dark By Nicholas Carter. 235--True Detective Tales By Maurice Moser. 234--The Tell-Tale Photographs By Nicholas Carter. 233--The Secret of the Missing Checks By Harry Rockwood. 232--The Red Signal By Nicholas Carter. 231--The Crime of the Golden Gully By Gilbert Rock. 230--A Race for Ten Thousand By Nicholas Carter. 229--The Dexter Bank Robbery By Harry Rockwood. 228--A Syndicate of Rascals By Nicholas Carter. 227--From Clew to Climax By Will N. Harben. 226--A Deal in Diamonds By Nicholas Carter. 225--Tracked by Fate By Fergus Hume. 224--Played to a Finish By Nicholas Carter. 223--Found Dead By Hero Strong. 222--A Prince of Rogues By Nicholas Carter. 221--Other People’s Money By Emile Gaboriau. 220--The Dumb Witness, and Other Stories By Nicholas Carter. 219--A Hidden Clew By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 218--The Man from London By Nicholas Carter. 217--Baron Trigault’s Vengeance By Emile Gaboriau. 216--The Count’s Millions By Emile Gaboriau. 215--The Seal of Silence By Nicholas Carter. 214--The Missing Cashier By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 213--Millions at Stake, and Other Stories By Nicholas Carter. 212--A Mystery Still By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 211--In Letters of Fire By Nicholas Carter. 210--An Excellent Knave By J. F. Molloy. 209--A Triple Crime By Nicholas Carter. 208--The Condemned Door By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 207--The Blow of a Hammer, and Other Stories By Nicholas Carter. 206--The Portland Place Mystery By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 205--A Bogus Clew By Nicholas Carter. 204--Hunted Down By Richard Ashton Wainwright. 203--The Price of a Secret By Nicholas Carter. 202--The Lady of the Lilacs By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 201--The Steel Casket, and Other Stories By Nicholas Carter. 200--Detective Against Detective By Donald J. McKenzie. 199--The Man at the Window By Nicholas Carter. 198--Stairs of Sand By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 197--The Coleraine Tragedy By Eugene T. Sawyer. 196--The Queen of Knaves, and Other Stories, By Nicholas Carter. 195--Sealed Lips By Scott Campbell. 194--The Tiger’s Head Mystery By Eugene T. Sawyer. 193--The Missing Cotton King By Nicholas Carter. 192--A Dangerous Quest By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 191--The Murray Hill Mystery By Nicholas Carter. 190--The Fate of Austin Craige By Scott Campbell. 189--The Man of Mystery By Nicholas Carter. 188--A Strike for Millions By Eugene T. Sawyer. 187--The Wall Street Wonder By Donald J. McKenzie. 186--A Desperate Chance By Nicholas Carter. 185--A Supernatural Clew By Scott Campbell. 184--The Secret of the Diamond By Ernest De Lancey Pierson. 183--Hands Up By J. H. Bethune. 182--The Bottle with the Black Label By Nicholas Carter. 181--The Man Outside By Scott Campbell. 180--The Watertown Mystery By Harry Rockwood. 179--Caught at Last By Dick Donovan. 178--The Handkerchief Clue By Harry Rockwood. 177--A Scrap of Black Lace By Nicholas Carter. 176--The Tragedy of Ascott Mills By Scott Campbell. 175--The Secret of the Marionettes By E. De Lancey Pierson. 174--A Princess of Crime By Nicholas Carter. 173--The Honor of a Black Sheep By Scott Campbell. 172--Linked to Crime By Barclay North (W. C. Hudson). 171--The Silent Passenger By Nicholas Carter. 170--The Doctor’s Secret By Scott Campbell. 169--The Black Carnation By Fergus Hume. 168--Brought to Bay By Nicholas Carter. 167--The Links in the Chain By Scott Campbell. 166--Dr. Villagos By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 165--Held for Trial By Nicholas Carter. 164--The Reporter Detective’s Triumph By Scott Campbell. 163--Phil Scott, the Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 162--Nick Carter’s Star Pupils By Nicholas Carter. 161--A Plot for Millions By Scott Campbell. 160--Harry Williams, New York Detective By F. L. Broughton. 159--A Framework of Fate By Nicholas Carter. 158--The Lion of the Law By Scott Campbell. 157--By a Hair’s Breadth By Edith Sessions Tupper. 156--A Victim of Circumstances By Nicholas Carter. 155--Mrs. Donald Dyke, Detective By Harry Rockwood. 154--Driven to the Wall By Scott Campbell. 153--Nick Carter’s Clever Ruse By Nicholas Carter. 152--Fifteen Detective Stories By Police Captains of New York. 151--The Disappearance of Mr. Derwent By Thomas Cobb. 150--Lady Velvet By Nicholas Carter. 149--A Mystery of the Fast Mail By Byron D. Adsit. 148--Gipsy Blair, the Western Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 147--Nick Carter’s Retainer By Nicholas Carter. 146--The Stevedore Mystery By Barclay North. 145--The Railway Detective By Harry Rockwood. 144--The Twelve Wise Men By Nicholas Carter. 143--An Exchanged Identity By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 142--A Seven Days’ Mystery By Frederic R. Burton. 141--Nick Carter Down East By the author of Nicholas Carter. 140--Detective Reynolds’ Hardest Cas By Gabriel Macias.e 139--Fritz, the German Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 138--Crossed Wires By Nicholas Carter. 137--Donald Dyke, the Yankee Detective By Harry Rockwood. 136--In Peril of His Life By Emile Gaboriau. 135--The Crime of the French Café By Nicholas Carter. 134--By Whose Hand? By Edith Sessions Tupper. 133--The Piccadilly Puzzle By Fergus Hume. 132--Nick Carter’s Girl Detective By Nicholas Carter. 131--The Dugdale Millions By Barclay North. 130--A Millionaire’s Folly By L. E. Smyles. 129--The Man Who Stole Millions By Nicholas Carter. 128--The Caruthers Affair By Will N. Harben. 127--The Severed Hand By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 126--A Game of Craft By Nicholas Carter. 125--The Pomfret Mystery By A. D. Vinton. 124--The Trail of the Barrow By James Mooney. 123--The Elevated Railroad Mystery By Nicholas Carter. 122--The Mystery of Orcival By Emile Gaboriau. 121--The Man from Manchester By Dick Donovan. 120--The Twelve Tin Boxes By Nicholas Carter. 119--The Reporter Detective By Donald J. McKenzie. 118--Old Quartz By Eugene T. Sawyer. 117--A Herald Personal By Nicholas Carter. 116--520 Per Cent.; or, The Great Franklin Syndicate, By Barclay North. 115--The Detective Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. 114--The Man Who Vanished By Nicholas Carter. 113--The Man with a Thumb By Barclay North. 112--The Garden Court Mystery By Burford Delannoy. 111--The Stolen Race-Horse By Nicholas Carter. 110--The Workingman Detective By Donald J. McKenzie. 109--Blackmail By Harrie Irving Hancock. 108--Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé By Nicholas Carter. 107--The Passenger from Scotland Yard By H. F. Wood. 106--Shadowed by a Detective By Virginia Champlin. 105--A Bite of an Apple By Nicholas Carter. 104--A Past Master of Crime By Donald J. McKenzie. 103--Old Mortality By Young Baxter. 102--Bruce Angelo, the City Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 101--The Stolen Pay-Train By Nicholas Carter. 100--The Diamond Button By Barclay North. 99--Gideon Drexel’s Millions By Nicholas Carter. 98--Tom and Jerry By Judson R. Taylor. 97--The Puzzle of Five Pistols By Nicholas Carter. 96--No. 13 Rue Marlot By Rene du Pont Jest. 95--Sealed Orders; or, The Triple Mystery By Nicholas Carter. 94--Vivier, of Vivier, Longman & Co., Bankers By Barclay North. 93--Adventures of Harrison Keith, Detective By Nicholas Carter. 92--Van, the Government Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 91--The Great Money-Order Swindle By Nicholas Carter. 90--On the Rack By Barclay North. 89--The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor By Nicholas Carter. 88--The North Walk Mystery By Will N. Harben. 87--Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men. 86--Brant Adams By Judson R. Taylor. 85--A Dead Man’s Grip By Nicholas Carter. 84--The Inspector’s Puzzle By Charles Matthew. 83--The Crescent Brotherhood By Nicholas Carter. 82--The Masked Detective By Judson R. Taylor. 81--Wanted by Two Clients By Nicholas Carter. 80--The Poker King By Marline Manley. 79--The Sign of the Crossed Knives By Nicholas Carter. 78--The Chosen Man By Judson R. Taylor. 77--The Van Alstine Case By Nicholas Carter. 76--Face to Face By Donald J. McKenzie. 75--The Clever Celestial By Nicholas Carter. 74--The Twin Detectives By K. F. Hill. 73--Two Plus Two By Nicholas Carter. 71--The Diamond Mine Case By Nicholas Carter. 70--Little Lightning By Police Captain James. 69--Detective Bob Bridger By R. M. Taylor. 68--The Double Shuffle Club By Nicholas Carter. 67--The Mystery of a Madstone By K. F. Hill. 66--The Detective’s Clew By O. L. Adams. 65--Found on the Beach By Nicholas Carter. 64--The Red Camellia By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 63--The Chevalier Casse-Cou By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 62--A Fair Criminal By Nicholas Carter. 61--The Maltese Cross By Eugene T. Sawyer. 60--A Chase Around the World By Mariposa Weir. 59--A Millionaire Partner By Nicholas Carter. 58--Muertalma; or, The Poisoned Pin By Marmaduke Dey. 57--The Vestibule Limited Mystery By Marline Manley. 56--At Thompson’s Ranch By Nicholas Carter. 55--His Great Revenge, Vol. II By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 54--His Great Revenge, Vol. I By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 53--An Accidental Password By Nicholas Carter. 52--The Post Office Detective By George W. Goode. 51--The Los Huecos Mystery By Eugene T. Sawyer. 50--The Man from India By Nicholas Carter. 49--At Odds with Scotland Yard By Nicholas Carter. 48--The Great, Travers Case By Dr. Mark Merrick. 47--The Mystery of a Hansom Cab By Fergus Hume. 46--Check No. 777 By Nicholas Carter. 45--Old Specie, The Treasury Detective By Marline Manley. 44--The Blue Veil By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 43--Among the Nihilists By Nicholas Carter. 42--The Revenue Detective By Police Captain James. 41--John Needham’s Double By Joseph Hatton. 40--The Mountaineer Detective By C. W. Cobb. 39--Among the Counterfeiters By Nicholas Carter. 38--The Matapan Affair By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 37--The Prairie Detective By Leander P. Richardson. 36--The Crime of the Opera House, Vol. II. By F. Du Boisgobey. 35--The Crime of the Opera House, Vol. I. By F. Du Boisgobey. 34--The Society Detective By Oscar Maitland. 33--The Convict Colonel By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 32--A Mysterious Case By K. F. Hill. 31--The Red Lottery Ticket By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 30--The Bag of Diamonds By George Manville Fenn. 29--The Clique of Gold By Emile Gaboriau. 28--Under His Thumb By Donald J. McKenzie. 27--The Steel Necklace By Fortune Du Boisgobey. 26--File No. 113 By Emile Gaboriau. 25--The Detective’s Triumph By Emile Gaboriau. 24--The Detective’s Dilemma By Emile Gaboriau. 23--Evidence by Telephone By Nicholas Carter. 22--The Champdoce Mystery By Emile Gaboriau. 21--A Deposit Vault Puzzle By Nicholas Carter. 20--Caught in the Net By Emile Gaboriau. 19--A Chance Discovery By Nicholas Carter. 18--The Gamblers’ Syndicate By Nicholas Carter. 17--The Piano Box Mystery By Nicholas Carter. 16--A Woman’s Hand By Nicholas Carter. 15--The Widow Lerouge By Emile Gaboriau. 14--Caught in the Toils By Nicholas Carter. 13--The Mysterious Mail Robbery By Nicholas Carter. 12--Playing a Bold Game By Nicholas Carter. 11--Fighting Against Millions By Nicholas Carter. 10--The Old Detective’s Pupil By Nicholas Carter. 9--A Stolen Identity By Nicholas Carter. 8--An Australian Klondike By Nicholas Carter. 7--The American Marquis By Nicholas Carter. 6--A Wall Street Haul By Nicholas Carter. 5--The Crime of a Countess By Nicholas Carter. 4--Tracked Across the Atlantic By Nicholas Carter. 3--A Titled Counterfeiter By Nicholas Carter. 2--The Great Enigma By Nicholas Carter. 1--A Klondike Claim By Nicholas Carter.

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