Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 103 Ball, Eustace Hale 1881 1931 The Voice on the Wire Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger "The Voice on the Wire" by Eustace Hale Ball is a detective novel that seems to have been written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces us to Montague Shirley, a well-connected and skilled criminologist, who is drawn into a complex case involving a string of mysterious deaths linked to a wealthy family and a chorus girl. As the story unfolds, Shirley partners with Captain Cronin, a seasoned detective, navigating through an intricate web of deception, crime, and possibly even murder. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Captain Cronin, who, during a meeting in a classy club, shares his troubling investigation into the death of a wealthy man, which appears connected to a pattern of similar unfortunate incidents. The tension escalates when Shirley receives a cryptic phone call hinting at a third victim, raising the stakes. The opening chapters set up a fast-paced narrative, filled with suspense and engaging dialogue as Shirley prepares to delve deeper into the case. As he begins to trace leads and connect dots amid various characters involved in the mystery, the reader is left intrigued by the unfolding layers of the case and Shirley's clever approach to solving it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 416793 416794 2024-10-03T06:10:51.307213 2023-10-03T06:09:13.065553 text/html text/html 429992 2021-01-27T04:51:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 148333 2021-01-27T04:51:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 216687 2024-10-03T06:10:58.741221 application/epub+zip 224060 2024-10-03T06:10:53.425233 application/epub+zip 224059 2024-10-03T06:10:52.117242 application/epub+zip 402445 2024-10-03T06:11:02.934213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373851 2024-10-03T06:10:57.944214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352889 2022-09-03T08:21:17.473093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351408 351373 2024-10-03T06:10:50.402274 2023-10-03T06:09:12.381577 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355680 2018-03-14T15:08:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 140875 2018-03-17T07:15:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 351202 2009-06-12T18:11:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140272 2009-06-12T18:12:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20762 2024-10-03T06:11:03.090164 application/rdf+xml 12536 2024-10-03T06:10:52.697229 image/jpeg 3243 2024-10-03T06:10:52.414212 image/jpeg 210934 2024-10-03T06:10:51.342232 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