Front matter

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. STARTLING NEWS. 5

II. “GREEN-EYE” GORDON. 8

III. NOT SO DEAD, AFTER ALL. 13

IV. THE DETECTIVE’S “HALFWAY HOUSE.” 19

V. IN NICK’S SHOES. 23

VI. AN INTERRUPTION. 27

VII. THE RASCAL’S FIRST CLIENT. 33

VIII. THE ABSCONDING TREASURER. 38

IX. CHANCE PLAYS INTO GORDON’S HANDS. 42

X. THE IMPOSTOR’S CLEVERNESS. 47

XI. CRAY GETS HIS ORDERS. 53

XII. GREEN EYE DOES SOME THINKING. 59

XIII. THE POLICE DOG ACTS STRANGELY. 64

XIV. CRAY CALLS ON MRS. SIMPSON. 69

XV. SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION. 74

XVI. THE TIRE PRINTS. 79

XVII. CRAY WIRES FOR “CARTER.” 85

XVIII. GORDON TACKLES NICK’S SAFE. 90

XIX. AN UNTIMELY KNOCK. 95

XX. THE BLACKMAILER’S SUPREME HAUL. 100

XXI. THE MASQUERADER JOINS CRAY. 106

XXII. PLANS FOR THE NIGHT. 112

XXIII. THE WATCHERS MAKE THEMSELVES SCARCE. 116

XXIV. REWARDED AT LAST. 121

XXV. THOSE EXTRA-HEAVY SUIT CASES. 125

XXVI. NOT ON THE PROGRAM. 130

XXVII. GORDON MAKES HIS GET-AWAY. 135

XXVIII. WHAT THE DOG BARKED AT. 141

XXIX. “THE GREENISH EYES!” 147

XXX. MRS. SIMPSON LEARNS THE TRUTH. 153

XXXI. THE MILLIONAIRE PLAYS SLEUTH. 158

XXXII. SIMPSON IS FOUND. 163

XXXIII. SUSPICION FALLS ON NICK. 168

XXXIV. GRISWOLD IN COMMAND. 174

XXXV. A TRAP IS SET FOR NICK. 179

XXXVI. AT CROSS PURPOSES. 184

XXXVII. GRISWOLD STILL DOUBTFUL. 190

XXXVIII. NICK DISCOVERS HIS LOSS. 195

XXXIX. CRAY’S LIPS ARE UNSEALED. 200

XL. NICK OUTLINES HIS CAMPAIGN. 205

XLI. WAITING FOR A NIBBLE. 209

XLII. THE FIRST VICTIM. 215

XLIII. AN ASTOUNDING RUSE. 220

XLIV. NICK’S SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED. 225

XLV. COMPARING NOTES. 231

XLVI. GORDON’S LETTERS REACH THEIR MARK. 235

XLVII. THE BLACKMAILER ADVISES HIS VICTIM. 240

XLVIII. UP AGAINST IT. 245

NICK CARTER STORIES

New Magnet Library

PRICE, FIFTEEN CENTS

Not a Dull Book in This List

Nick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced no other type of fiction. His mind was concentrated upon the creation of new plots and situations in which his hero emerged triumphantly from all sorts of trouble, and landed the criminal just where he should be—behind the bars.

The author of these stories knew more about writing detective stories than any other single person.

Following is a list of the best Nick Carter stories. They have been selected with extreme care, and we unhesitatingly recommend each of them as being fully as interesting as any detective story between cloth covers which sells at ten times the price.

If you do not know Nick Carter, buy a copy of any of the New Magnet Library books, and get acquainted. He will surprise and delight you.

ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT

850—Wanted: A Clew By Nicholas Carter

851—A Tangled Skein By Nicholas Carter

852—The Bullion Mystery By Nicholas Carter

853—The Man of Riddles By Nicholas Carter

854—A Miscarriage of Justice By Nicholas Carter

855—The Gloved Hand By Nicholas Carter

856—Spoilers and the Spoils By Nicholas Carter

857—The Deeper Game By Nicholas Carter

858—Bolts from Blue Skies By Nicholas Carter

859—Unseen Foes By Nicholas Carter

860—Knaves in High Places By Nicholas Carter

861—The Microbe of Crime By Nicholas Carter

862—In the Toils of Fear By Nicholas Carter

863—A Heritage of Trouble By Nicholas Carter

864—Called to Account By Nicholas Carter

865—The Just and the Unjust By Nicholas Carter

866—Instinct at Fault By Nicholas Carter

867—A Rogue Worth Trapping By Nicholas Carter

868—A Rope of Slender Threads By Nicholas Carter

869—The Last Call By Nicholas Carter

870—The Spoils of Chance By Nicholas Carter

871—A Struggle With Destiny By Nicholas Carter

872—The Slave of Crime By Nicholas Carter

873—The Crook’s Blind By Nicholas Carter

874—A Rascal of Quality By Nicholas Carter

875—With Shackles of Fire By Nicholas Carter

876—The Man Who Changed Faces By Nicholas Carter

877—The Fixed Alibi By Nicholas Carter

878—Out With the Tide By Nicholas Carter

879—The Soul Destroyers By Nicholas Carter

880—The Wages of Rascality By Nicholas Carter

881—Birds of Prey By Nicholas Carter

882—When Destruction Threatens By Nicholas Carter

883—The Keeper of Black Hounds By Nicholas Carter

884—The Door of Doubt By Nicholas Carter

885—The Wolf Within By Nicholas Carter

886—A Perilous Parole By Nicholas Carter

887—The Trail of the Fingerprints By Nicholas Carter

888—Dodging the Law By Nicholas Carter

889—A Crime in Paradise By Nicholas Carter

890—On the Ragged Edge By Nicholas Carter

891—The Red God of Tragedy By Nicholas Carter

892—The Man Who Paid By Nicholas Carter

893—The Blind Man’s Daughter By Nicholas Carter

894—One Object in Life By Nicholas Carter

895—As a Crook Sows By Nicholas Carter

896—In Record Time By Nicholas Carter

897—Held in Suspense By Nicholas Carter

898—The $100,000 Kiss By Nicholas Carter

899—Just One Slip By Nicholas Carter

900—On a Million-dollar Trail By Nicholas Carter

901—A Weird Treasure By Nicholas Carter

902—The Middle Link By Nicholas Carter

903—To the Ends of the Earth By Nicholas Carter

904—When Honors Pall By Nicholas Carter

905—The Yellow Brand By Nicholas Carter

906—A New Serpent in Eden By Nicholas Carter

907—When Brave Men Tremble By Nicholas Carter

908—A Test of Courage By Nicholas Carter

909—Where Peril Beckons By Nicholas Carter

910—The Gargoni Girdle By Nicholas Carter

911—Rascals & Co. By Nicholas Carter

912—Too Late to Talk By Nicholas Carter

913—Satan’s Apt Pupil By Nicholas Carter

914—The Girl Prisoner By Nicholas Carter

915—The Danger of Folly By Nicholas Carter

916—One Shipwreck Too Many By Nicholas Carter

917—Scourged by Fear By Nicholas Carter

918—The Red Plague By Nicholas Carter

919—Scoundrels Rampant By Nicholas Carter

920—From Clew to Clew By Nicholas Carter

921—When Rogues Conspire By Nicholas Carter

922—Twelve in a Grave By Nicholas Carter

923—The Great Opium Case By Nicholas Carter

924—A Conspiracy of Rumors By Nicholas Carter

925—A Klondike Claim By Nicholas Carter

926—The Evil Formula By Nicholas Carter

927—The Man of Many Faces By Nicholas Carter

928—The Great Enigma By Nicholas Carter

929—The Burden of Proof By Nicholas Carter

930—The Stolen Brain By Nicholas Carter

931—A Titled Counterfeiter By Nicholas Carter

932—The Magic Necklace By Nicholas Carter

933—’Round the World for a Quarter By Nicholas Carter

934—Over the Edge of the World By Nicholas Carter

935—In the Grip of Fate By Nicholas Carter

936—The Case of Many Clews By Nicholas Carter

937—The Sealed Door By Nicholas Carter

938—Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men By Nicholas Carter

939—The Man Without a Will By Nicholas Carter

940—Tracked Across the Atlantic By Nicholas Carter

941—A Clew From the Unknown By Nicholas Carter

942—The Crime of a Countess By Nicholas Carter

943—A Mixed Up Mess By Nicholas Carter

944—The Great Money Order Swindle By Nicholas Carter

945—The Adder’s Brood By Nicholas Carter

946—A Wall Street Haul By Nicholas Carter

947—For a Pawned Crown By Nicholas Carter

948—Sealed Orders By Nicholas Carter

949—The Hate That Kills By Nicholas Carter

950—The American Marquis By Nicholas Carter

951—The Needy Nine By Nicholas Carter

952—Fighting Against Millions By Nicholas Carter

953—Outlaws of the Blue By Nicholas Carter

954—The Old Detective’s Pupil By Nicholas Carter

955—Found in the Jungle By Nicholas Carter

956—The Mysterious Mail Robbery By Nicholas Carter

957—Broken Bars By Nicholas Carter

958—A Fair Criminal By Nicholas Carter

959—Won by Magic By Nicholas Carter

960—The Piano Box Mystery By Nicholas Carter

961—The Man They Held Back By Nicholas Carter

962—A Millionaire Partner By Nicholas Carter

963—A Pressing Peril By Nicholas Carter

964—An Australian Klondyke By Nicholas Carter

965—The Sultan’s Pearls By Nicholas Carter

966—The Double Shuffle Club By Nicholas Carter

967—Paying the Price By Nicholas Carter

968—A Woman’s Hand By Nicholas Carter

969—A Network of Crime By Nicholas Carter

970—At Thompson’s Ranch By Nicholas Carter

971—The Crossed Needles By Nicholas Carter

972—The Diamond Mine Case By Nicholas Carter

973—Blood Will Tell By Nicholas Carter

974—An Accidental Password By Nicholas Carter

975—The Crook’s Bauble By Nicholas Carter

976—Two Plus Two By Nicholas Carter

977—The Yellow Label By Nicholas Carter

978—The Clever Celestial By Nicholas Carter

979—The Amphitheater Plot By Nicholas Carter

980—Gideon Drexel’s Millions By Nicholas Carter

981—Death in Life By Nicholas Carter

982—A Stolen Identity By Nicholas Carter

983—Evidence by Telephone By Nicholas Carter

984—The Twelve Tin Boxes By Nicholas Carter

985—Clew Against Clew By Nicholas Carter

986—Lady Velvet By Nicholas Carter

987—Playing a Bold Game By Nicholas Carter

988—A Dead Man’s Grip By Nicholas Carter

989—Snarled Identities By Nicholas Carter

990—A Deposit Vault Puzzle By Nicholas Carter

991—The Crescent Brotherhood By Nicholas Carter

992—The Stolen Pay Train By Nicholas Carter

993—The Sea Fox By Nicholas Carter

994—Wanted by Two Clients By Nicholas Carter

995—The Van Alstine Case By Nicholas Carter

996—Check No. 777 By Nicholas Carter

997—Partners in Peril By Nicholas Carter

998—Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé By Nicholas Carter

999—The Sign of the Crossed Knives By Nicholas Carter

1000—The Man Who Vanished By Nicholas Carter

1001—A Battle for the Right By Nicholas Carter

1002—A Game of Craft By Nicholas Carter

1003—Nick Carter’s Retainer By Nicholas Carter

1004—Caught in the Toils By Nicholas Carter

1005—A Broken Bond By Nicholas Carter

1006—The Crime of the French Café By Nicholas Carter

1007—The Man Who Stole Millions By Nicholas Carter

1008—The Twelve Wise Men By Nicholas Carter

1009—Hidden Foes By Nicholas Carter

1010—A Gamblers’ Syndicate By Nicholas Carter

1011—A Chance Discovery By Nicholas Carter

1012—Among the Counterfeiters By Nicholas Carter

1013—A Threefold Disappearance By Nicholas Carter

1014—At Odds With Scotland Yard By Nicholas Carter

1015—A Princess of Crime By Nicholas Carter

1016—Found on the Beach By Nicholas Carter

1017—A Spinner of Death By Nicholas Carter

1018—The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor By Nicholas Carter

1019—A Bogus Clew By Nicholas Carter

1020—The Puzzle of Five Pistols By Nicholas Carter

1021—The Secret of the Marble Mantel By Nicholas Carter

1022—A Bite of an Apple By Nicholas Carter

1023—A Triple Crime By Nicholas Carter

1024—The Stolen Race Horse By Nicholas Carter

1025—Wildfire By Nicholas Carter

1026—A Herald Personal By Nicholas Carter

1027—The Finger of Suspicion By Nicholas Carter

1028—The Crimson Clue By Nicholas Carter

1029—Nick Carter Down East By Nicholas Carter

1030—The Chain of Clues By Nicholas Carter

1031—A Victim of Circumstances By Nicholas Carter

1032—Brought to Bay By Nicholas Carter

1033—The Dynamite Trap By Nicholas Carter

1034—A Scrap of Black Lace By Nicholas Carter

1035—The Woman of Evil By Nicholas Carter

1036—A Legacy of Hate By Nicholas Carter

1037—A Trusted Rogue By Nicholas Carter

1038—Man Against Man By Nicholas Carter

1039—The Demons of the Night By Nicholas Carter

1040—The Brotherhood of Death By Nicholas Carter

1041—At the Knife’s Point By Nicholas Carter

1042—A Cry for Help By Nicholas Carter

1043—A Stroke of Policy By Nicholas Carter

1044—Hounded to Death By Nicholas Carter

1045—A Bargain in Crime By Nicholas Carter

1046—The Fatal Prescription By Nicholas Carter

1047—The Man of Iron By Nicholas Carter

1048—An Amazing Scoundrel By Nicholas Carter

1049—The Chain of Evidence By Nicholas Carter

1050—Paid with Death By Nicholas Carter

1051—A Fight for a Throne By Nicholas Carter

1052—The Woman of Steel By Nicholas Carter

1053—The Seal of Death By Nicholas Carter

1054—The Human Fiend By Nicholas Carter

1055—A Desperate Chance By Nicholas Carter

1056—A Chase in the Dark By Nicholas Carter

1057—The Snare and the Game By Nicholas Carter

1058—The Murray Hill Mystery By Nicholas Carter

1059—Nick Carter’s Close Call By Nicholas Carter

1060—The Missing Cotton King By Nicholas Carter

1061—A Game of Plots By Nicholas Carter

1062—The Prince of Liars By Nicholas Carter

1063—The Man at the Window By Nicholas Carter

1064—The Red League By Nicholas Carter

1065—The Price of a Secret By Nicholas Carter

1066—The Worst Case on Record By Nicholas Carter

1067—From Peril to Peril By Nicholas Carter

1068—The Seal of Silence By Nicholas Carter

1069—Nick Carter’s Chinese Puzzle By Nicholas Carter

1070—A Blackmailer’s Bluff By Nicholas Carter

1071—Heard in the Dark By Nicholas Carter

1072—A Checkmated Scoundrel By Nicholas Carter

1073—The Cashier’s Secret By Nicholas Carter

1074—Behind a Mask By Nicholas Carter

1075—The Cloak of Guilt By Nicholas Carter

1076—Two Villains in One By Nicholas Carter

1077—The Hot Air Clue By Nicholas Carter

1078—Run to Earth By Nicholas Carter

1079—The Certified Check By Nicholas Carter

1080—Weaving the Web By Nicholas Carter

1081—Beyond Pursuit By Nicholas Carter

1082—The Claws of the Tiger By Nicholas Carter

In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance promptly, on account of delays in transportation.

To Be Published in July, 1922.

1083—Driven From Cover By Nicholas Carter

1084—A Deal in Diamonds By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in August, 1922.

1085—The Wizard of the Cue By Nicholas Carter

1086—A Race for Ten Thousand By Nicholas Carter

1087—The Criminal Link By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in September, 1922.

1088—The Red Signal By Nicholas Carter

1089—The Secret Panel By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in October, 1922.

1090—A Bonded Villain By Nicholas Carter

1091—A Move in the Dark By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in November, 1922.

1092—Against Desperate Odds By Nicholas Carter

1093—The Telltale Photographs By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in December, 1922.

1094—The Ruby Pin By Nicholas Carter

1095—The Queen of Diamonds By Nicholas Carter

To Be Published in January, 1923.

1096—A Broken Trail By Nicholas Carter

1097—An Ingenious Stratagem By Nicholas Carter