Project Gutenberg 2011-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 73 Futrelle, Jacques 1875 1912 The Leak Produced by David Starner, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Leak" by Jacques Futrelle is a crime fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the fascinating exploration of a financial leak that leads to substantial monetary losses for a prominent financier, J. Morgan Grayson. Central to the narrative is Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as The Thinking Machine, who employs his scientific reasoning and deductive skills to uncover the truth behind the leak. The plot unfolds as Grayson seeks The Thinking Machine's assistance after suffering significant losses due to a mysterious leak of confidential information regarding his business dealings. He confesses that only he and his trusted stenographer, Miss Evelyn Winthrop, are privy to the sensitive plans he develops, yet they repeatedly become known to his competition. As The Thinking Machine investigates the situation, he deduces that Miss Winthrop has been cleverly using her skills as both a typist and a telegraph operator to communicate Grayson's plans to others unknowingly. This revelation culminates in a dramatic confrontation where the implications of trust, betrayal, and cleverness in the world of financial dealings create a compelling and thought-provoking narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Detective and mystery stories Van Dusen, Augustus S. F. X. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 56833 56842 2024-09-15T14:47:16.090557 2023-09-16T08:07:11.588264 text/html text/html 53684 2011-08-21T15:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 19673 2011-08-21T15:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 56302 2024-09-15T14:47:19.297534 application/epub+zip 55387 2024-09-15T14:47:17.325546 application/epub+zip 55387 2024-09-15T14:47:16.563556 application/epub+zip 103610 2024-09-15T14:47:20.783525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97131 2024-09-15T14:47:18.798556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97350 2022-09-17T05:23:23.963585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48991 48893 2024-09-15T14:47:15.815563 2023-09-16T08:07:11.359189 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48901 2011-08-21T15:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18364 2011-08-21T15:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18754 2024-09-15T14:47:20.911526 application/rdf+xml 7701 2024-09-15T14:47:16.900549 image/jpeg 2147 2024-09-15T14:47:16.734543 image/jpeg 55083 2024-09-15T14:47:16.097547 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