Project Gutenberg 2004-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 66 Stevenson, Burton Egbert 1872 1962 Stevenson, Burton E. The Gloved Hand Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Riikka Talonpoika and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Gloved Hand" by Burton Egbert Stevenson is a detective story written in the early 20th century. The book introduces the reader to a thrilling mystery that unfolds around a series of unusual events involving the reclusive Worthington Vaughan, his daughter, and a peculiar light that descends from the sky every midnight. The narrative follows Lester, a sympathetic character, who is drawn into the enigma through his friend and police reporter Jim Godfrey, as they attempt to uncover the secrets behind this strange phenomenon and the troubled family dynamics at play. The opening of the book meticulously establishes the setting and main characters, beginning with Lester's weariness from a demanding case in court, before being invited by Godfrey to a summer retreat where he hopes to uncover the truth behind the mysterious midnight occurrences. As the narrative progresses, we see their expedition lead them to a shocking discovery that intertwines the lives of the characters — particularly that of Miss Vaughan. The chapter culminates in a dramatic and unsettling scene where a scream pierces the night, suggesting that deep, dark secrets are about to emerge from behind the walls of Vaughan's estate, setting the stage for an intricate investigation that promises suspense and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 455082 450802 2024-10-06T07:43:41.183361 2023-10-06T08:58:41.249898 text/html text/html 472943 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283757 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 359975 2024-10-06T07:43:50.687336 application/epub+zip 367733 2024-10-06T07:43:44.239353 application/epub+zip 236171 2024-10-06T07:43:42.887341 application/epub+zip 584763 2024-10-06T07:43:55.703311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543128 2024-10-06T07:43:49.767326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394469 2022-09-07T01:50:32.215125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413895 413813 2024-10-06T07:43:39.083874 2023-10-06T08:58:39.439888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 413743 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152341 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413735 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152300 2020-12-18T04:50:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21797 2024-10-06T07:43:55.837279 application/rdf+xml 12975 2024-10-06T07:43:43.454349 image/jpeg 3275 2024-10-06T07:43:43.168358 image/jpeg 350795 2024-10-06T07:43:41.230378 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia