The Chase of the Golden Plate

By Jacques Futrelle and E A Poucher

Book Overview

Jacques Futrelle's first published book-length story featuring the arrogant, cocaine-taking, large-headed Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine" A high-society fancy-dress party falls victim to a robbery--confusions of identity, long-held grudges, romance, and honor all appear in the excitement that follows. Jacques Futrelle was an American journalist and detective-story writer and Van Dusen was his most famous detective character, appearing in a number of his works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843913607
• ISBN13: 9781843913603
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 7.6"