Secret Service; or, Recollections of a City Detective
Andrew Forrester
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Length 9 h 10 min
Chapters 21
First published 1864
This book of fiction from 1864, as you can guess from the title, presents a series of accounts of different cases that the “City Detective” has worked. All are enhanced by the author’s dry sense of humor. The cases include political corruption, forgery, theft, smuggling, infidelity, and more. Our detective is unnamed, writing in first person and thus known simply as “I.” - Summary by Verla Viera
Chapters
1
My Great Electioneering Trick, Part 1 Read by Laurie Wehmeyer 24:08
2
My Great Electioneering Trick, Part 2 Read by Doug Fajardo 39:30
3
Mistaken Identity Read by S. Emily Lee 22:40
4
An Unscrupulous Woman Read by ToddHW 15:21
5
The Incendiary Gang, Part 1 Read by Martha H. Weller 28:35
6
The Incendiary Gang, Part 2 Read by Martha H. Weller 32:43
7
The Incendiary Gang, Part 3 Read by Martha H. Weller 29:11
8
A Railway Accident? Read by lightcrystal 30:19
9
A Patriotic Barber in Fault Read by Marina 23:21
10
A Romance of Social Life, Part 1 Read by Martha H. Weller 31:38
11
A Romance of Social Life, Part 2 Read by Martha H. Weller 30:04
12
The Virtue of an American Passport Read by chuckconvr 25:41
13
Who Was the Greatest Criminal? Read by jenno 43:56
14
A Grand Railway “Plant” Read by Cbteddy 30:46
15
An Episode of Criminal Justice Read by bobpliley 23:00
16
The Workhouse Doctor Read by Marina 29:16
17
The Missing Will Read by Avery Wade 16:14
18
The Duke’s Mystery Read by Verla Viera 14:49
19
The Attorney and the Smuggler Read by Zhongdonian 15:03
20
Swindling According to Act of Parliament Read by bobpliley 26:00
21
Matrimonial Espionage Read by Amber H 18:09
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