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Louis Joseph Vance (September 19, 1879-December 16, 1933) was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels. His... Read Full Overview

Louis Joseph Vance was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels.

Daniel Maitland, Esquire, is a jaded Manhattan socialite at the turn of the 20th century. He keeps running into a mysterious woman in grey who catches his fancy. She at first mistakes him for Daniel Anisty, a notorious safecracker and jewel thief. Thinking this is a way to get... Read Full Overview

In the dull hot dusk of a summer's day a green touring-car, swinging out of the East Drive, pulled up smartly, trembling, at the edge of the Fifty-ninth Street car-tracks, then more sedately, under the dispassionate but watchful eye of a mounted member of the Traffic Squad, lurched... Read Full Overview

Louis Joseph Vance was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels.

A stirring romance set in New York city. '...across the black polished wood of the writing-bed. It left a dark, heavy line. And beside it, clearly defined in the heavy layer of dust, was the silhouette of a hand; a woman's hand, small, delicate, unmistakably feminine of contour... Read Full Overview

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In the dull hot dusk of a summer's day a green touring-car swinging out of the East Drive pulled up smartly trembling at the edge of the Fifty-ninth Street car-tracks then more sedately under the dispassionate but watchful eye of a mounted member of the Traffic Squad lurched... Read Full Overview

A stirring romance set in New York city. '...across the black polished wood of the writing-bed. It left a dark, heavy line. And beside it, clearly defined in the heavy layer of dust, was the silhouette of a hand; a woman's hand, small, delicate, unmistakably feminine of contour... Read Full Overview

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A stirring romance set in New York city. '...across the black polished wood of the writing-bed. It left a dark, heavy line. And beside it, clearly defined in the heavy layer of dust, was the silhouette of a hand; a woman's hand, small, delicate, unmistakably feminine of contour... Read Full Overview

The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance is a thrilling mystery novel that was first published in 1907. The story follows the adventures of a young American named Hugh Westcott, who travels to England in search of his missing uncle. Along the way, he meets a beautiful and mysterious... Read Full Overview