Project Gutenberg 2004-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 80 Hanshew, Thomas W. 1857 1914 Hanshew, T. W. (Thomas W.) Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces" by Thomas W. Hanshew is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Hamilton Cleek, an enigmatic master of disguise and criminal genius known to Scotland Yard as "The Vanishing Cracksman." The narrative begins with a thrilling chase, where a police constable accidentally lets Cleek escape while he enacts a staged robbery for a film, setting the stage for further intrigue and crime. The opening portion introduces readers to the bustling streets of early 1900s London and a variety of characters, including the unsuspecting Police Constable Collins, who falls victim to Cleek's clever ruse while trying to assist a beautiful French woman. As the narrative progresses, we learn of Cleek's notorious reputation among law enforcement and the tension surrounding an imminent jewel heist that poses a direct challenge to Scotland Yard. This blend of drama and wit lays the groundwork for a captivating series of events as Cleek navigates his criminal world while inevitably drawing the attention of the police, particularly Superintendent Narkom, leading to a thrilling tale of cat-and-mouse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction Cleek, Hamilton (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 690524 690394 2024-09-06T11:16:11.140993 2023-10-06T12:36:32.536698 text/html text/html 690517 690387 2024-09-06T11:16:11.386036 2023-10-06T12:36:32.761716 text/html text/html 319809 2024-09-06T11:16:19.543963 application/epub+zip 329601 2024-09-06T11:16:12.961025 application/epub+zip 329602 2024-09-06T11:16:12.018991 application/epub+zip 569927 2024-09-06T11:16:25.309924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523371 2024-09-06T11:16:18.905968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483529 2022-09-07T15:47:28.649684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642220 642133 2024-09-06T11:16:10.704025 2023-10-06T12:36:32.019711 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 642123 2020-12-18T21:46:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 250725 2020-12-18T21:46:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 642118 2020-12-18T21:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250661 2020-12-18T21:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20435 2024-09-06T11:16:25.446926 application/rdf+xml 14307 2024-09-06T11:16:12.370989 image/jpeg 3582 2024-09-06T11:16:12.195000 image/jpeg 316050 2024-09-06T11:16:11.445036 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