Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 108 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) 1880 1936 Reeve, Arthur Benjamin Grey, John W. The Master Mystery E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Eva Sweeney, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "The Master Mystery" by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey is a serialized mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds around the character of Peter Brent, a wealthy businessman involved in dubious dealings with inventors, while also highlighting the conflicts he faces with his partner, Herbert Balcom. The book weaves themes of betrayal, greed, and the supernatural, featuring a strange automaton that plays a central role in the unfolding mystery. At the start of the story, Peter Brent's internal struggle is palpable as he deals with a confrontational inventor demanding justice for the suppression of his invention. Amidst this tension, we are introduced to several other key characters, including Quentin Locke, a young manager in Brent's lab, and Eva Brent, Peter's daughter, who remains blissfully unaware of the darker dealings of her father. As the plot develops, ominous warnings surface about a "Madagascar madness," hinting at peril and insanity. The opening chapters set the stage for a thrilling mix of corporate intrigue, personal conflicts, and mysterious threats that suggest a larger conspiracy is at play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 426721 426075 2024-09-07T08:20:38.134656 2023-09-07T09:55:07.827249 text/html text/html 438085 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2322674 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2493067 2024-09-07T08:20:46.614603 application/epub+zip 2493774 2024-09-07T08:20:39.948704 application/epub+zip 213513 2024-09-07T08:20:38.826672 application/epub+zip 2658863 2024-09-07T08:20:51.495574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2635786 2024-09-07T08:20:45.267626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370028 2022-09-08T03:51:00.111740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381924 381805 2024-09-07T08:20:36.845670 2023-09-07T09:55:06.792239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 381617 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141512 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 381624 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141490 2020-12-11T15:13:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20625 2024-09-07T08:20:52.125578 application/rdf+xml 12883 2024-09-07T08:20:39.192659 image/jpeg 3150 2024-09-07T08:20:39.004654 image/jpeg 2378901 2024-09-07T08:20:38.248674 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