Project Gutenberg 2008-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 78 Old Sleuth 1837 1898 Halsey, Harlan Page Pastor, Tony Sleuth, Old A Successful Shadow; Or, A Detective's Successful Quest Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Successful Shadow; Or, A Detective's Successful Quest" by Old Sleuth is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows the skilled detective Jack Alvarez as he embarks on a thrilling quest to find a missing young woman amidst a web of intrigues and potential heirship to a substantial fortune. Central to the story are Jack and his encounters with various characters, including a desperate mother seeking her lost daughter and a mysterious baron whose true intentions remain unclear. The opening of the tale introduces us to the protagonist, Jack Alvarez, who receives a heartfelt visit from a distraught woman searching for her missing daughter, Amalie. As Jack listens to her story, he learns not only of the girl’s disappearance but also discovers links to a substantial fortune and hints of connections between the mother and the mysteriously affluent baron. The detective's interest deepens as he begins to uncover clues, leading him on a chase entangled with the rich and powerful, ultimately revealing secrets that could either rescue Amalie or plunge everyone involved into danger. In seeking to unravel the mystery of her disappearance, Jack must navigate through deception, emotional turmoil, and the pressing threat of criminals, all while racing against time to reunite the mother with her lost child. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 157625 157634 2024-09-11T08:29:31.966954 2023-09-11T11:34:28.257130 text/html text/html 157592 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 63798 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133771 2024-09-11T08:29:37.163942 application/epub+zip 134373 2024-09-11T08:29:33.617954 application/epub+zip 124961 2024-09-11T08:29:32.626008 application/epub+zip 309686 2024-09-11T08:29:39.729914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288794 2024-09-11T08:29:36.443925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265459 2022-09-12T08:23:21.964449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137896 137806 2024-09-11T08:29:31.401962 2023-09-11T11:34:27.732138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 137599 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49728 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 137590 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49695 2021-01-03T22:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19768 2024-09-11T08:29:39.861906 application/rdf+xml 19329 2024-09-11T08:29:32.984943 image/jpeg 4130 2024-09-11T08:29:32.802972 image/jpeg 132170 2024-09-11T08:29:31.982961 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