Project Gutenberg 2021-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 53 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick The Four-Fingered Glove; Or, The Cost of a Lie Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Four-Fingered Glove; Or, The Cost of a Lie" by Nicholas Carter is a detective novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows the famous detective Nick Carter as he navigates a complex murder case involving Reginald Meadows Danton, who finds himself embroiled in a potential murder accusation after the body of his cousin, Ramon Orizaba, is discovered in his room. The novel delves into themes of identity, deception, and the quest for truth, all set within the intricacies of family dynamics and societal expectations. The opening of the novel establishes a tense atmosphere as Nick Carter is approached early in the morning by Danton, who is visibly shaken and distressed. Danton reveals that Orizaba has been murdered in his presence, and his own innocence is in question as he grapples with fragmented memories of the night before, during which he was heavily intoxicated. The narrative introduces Danton’s family background, including his sister, Mercedes, and the ominous implications of the murder. As the chapter progresses, Danton recounts his recollections and reasons for believing he might unconsciously be the murderer, setting the stage for a gripping exploration of truth and guilt intertwined with deception and familial loyalty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Dime novels American fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 407139 407141 2024-09-27T10:55:18.588116 2023-09-28T10:38:20.868818 text/html text/html 417602 2021-11-17T16:21:24 text/html 398197 2024-09-27T10:55:25.694035 application/epub+zip 400322 2024-09-27T10:55:19.942093 application/epub+zip 221089 2024-09-27T10:55:19.288098 application/epub+zip 551062 2024-09-27T10:55:30.275042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500447 2024-09-27T10:55:24.963063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318464 2022-09-30T03:43:03.388490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366078 366106 2024-09-27T10:55:17.220092 2023-09-28T10:38:19.597812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 365814 2021-11-17T16:20:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18920 2024-09-27T10:55:30.432019 application/rdf+xml 21123 2024-09-27T10:55:19.417086 image/jpeg 3230 2024-09-27T10:55:19.352100 image/jpeg 375054 2024-09-27T10:55:18.631207 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 More titles under Cox, Stephen Angus Douglas More titles under Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) More titles under Rathborne, St. George