The Jacques Futrelle Megapack: 47 Tales of The Thinking Machine and Others

Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912) is widely considered "the American Sherlock Holmes" for his series of stories about Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, who is better known as The Thinking Machine. Van Dusen, a master of logic, believed he could think himself out of any situation -- and solve any crime -- using his immense intellect. Through dozens of stories, The Thinking Machine solved locked-room puzzles, kidnappings, and more murders than can be easily counted, proving again and again that brain-power is the answer to any problem.

This volume collects 47 short stories and novels, including many stories featuring The Thinking Machine. Assembled here are:

THE THINKING MACHINE

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE GREAT LOGICIAN

THE GREAT AUTO MYSTERY

THE HAUNTED BELL

THE LEAK

THE PROBLEM OF CELL 13

THE MYSTERY OF THE RALSTON BANK BURGLARY

MYSTERY OF THE SCARLET THREAD

A PIECE OF STRING

PROBLEM OF THE CRYSTAL GAZER

THE FATAL CIPHER

PROBLEM OF THE PERFECT ALIBI

KIDNAPPED BABY BLAKE, MILLIONAIRE

PROBLEM OF THE LOST RADIUM

PROBLEM OF THE MISSING NECKLACE

THE PHANTOM MOTOR

PROBLEM OF CONVICT NO. 97

THE FIRST PROBLEM

PROBLEM OF THE GREEN EYED MONSTER

PROBLEM OF THE HIDDEN MILLION

PROBLEM OF THE OPERA BOX

PROBLEM OF THE CROSS MARK

PROBLEM OF THE BROKEN BRACELET

PROBLEM OF THE SOUVENIR CARDS

PROBLEM OF THE SUPERFLUOUS FINGER

THE CASE OF THE SCIENTIFIC MURDERER

PROBLEM OF THE DESERTED HOUSE

MYSTERY OF THE FLAMING PHANTOM

PROBLEM OF THE GHOST WOMAN

MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN DAGGER

THE GRINNING GOD

MYSTERY OF THE GRIP OF DEATH

THE JACKDAW

MYSTERY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LOST

THE MYSTERY OF A STUDIO

PROBLEM OF THE ORGAN GRINDER

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PROBLEM OF THE PRIVATE COMPARTMENT

THE PROBLEM OF THE AUTO CAB

PROBLEM OF THE RED ROSE

THE ROSWELL TIARA

THE THREE OVERCOATS

THE TRAGEDY OF THE LIFE RAFT

PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING MAN

PROBLEM OF THE INTERRUPTED WIRELESS

THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN PLATE

THE DIAMOND MASTER

ELUSIVE ISABEL

© 2013 Wildside Press (Ebook): 9781434446855

Release date

Ebook: 19 March 2013