"As the door was thrust open, I heard, as in a dream, the voice of Neal Larrard--calm and cool as ever--dictating to me; mechanically, my fingers touched the keys, and I began to type. While I did so, I felt that fearful dead thing pressing against my knees, and felt also the muzzle of the revolver hard against my side." First published in 1903, The Girl Behind the Keysis a delightful example of early detective fiction in which Bella Thorn, a savvy...