Project Gutenberg 2021-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 84 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Corporation,$c1903,copyright 1905. Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. David Edwards, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire" by Nicholas Carter is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the titular character, Nick Carter, a renowned detective known for unraveling complex cases and outsmarting criminals. The narrative is filled with intrigue as various characters conspire, each with their own motives and secrets. The opening of the novel introduces a complex web of deception involving a beautiful woman named Louise Calhoun and a wealthy banker, Hilton Field. As Louise attempts to manipulate the banker with feigned emotions, an underlying plot of kidnapping unfolds, while Nick Carter's name emerges as a potential foe for these criminals. The tension escalates when Louise and her accomplice, Elmer Greer, carry out their nefarious plans, leading to a struggle that encompasses various figures in New York's criminal underbelly. The stage is set for a classic battle of wits between Carter and those seeking power and wealth through nefarious means. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20190811154744carter 1903 us en Detective and mystery stories Dime novels American fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 391792 391687 2025-01-26T11:30:07.647855 2023-09-28T11:20:50.240799 text/html text/html 402998 2021-12-02T04:46:14 text/html 289722 2025-01-26T11:30:16.650074 application/epub+zip 287891 2025-01-26T11:30:09.161861 application/epub+zip 247220 2025-01-26T11:30:08.426834 application/epub+zip 409969 2025-01-26T11:30:21.599273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380642 2025-01-26T11:30:15.915884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340457 2022-09-30T05:10:42.681240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345817 345796 2025-01-26T11:30:05.241848 2023-09-28T11:20:48.004775 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345398 2021-12-02T04:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18282 2025-01-26T11:30:21.770265 application/rdf+xml 30624 2025-01-26T11:30:08.583845 image/jpeg 4636 2025-01-26T11:30:08.502849 image/jpeg 226933 2025-01-26T11:30:07.683849 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 Rathborne, St. George More titles under Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) More titles under Cox, Stephen Angus Douglas