Delphi Complete Works of Jacques Futrelle (Illustrated‪)‬

A master of detective fiction, Jacques Futrelle was regarded as the ‘American Conan Doyle’, before his untimely death aboard the Titanic in 1912. His most enduring creation is Professor Van Dusen, ‘The Thinking Machine’ — an abrasive, but brilliant scientist, who applies rigorous logic or ratiocination to solve crimes and seemingly impossible mysteries. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Futrelle’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Futrelle’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 8 novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* The Complete ‘Thinking Machine’ tales
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Rare short stories available in no other collection
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the stories
* Easily locate the texts you want to read
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Novels
The Chase of the Golden Plate (1906)
The Simple Case of Susan (1908)
The Diamond Master (1909)
Elusive Isabel (1909)
The Strange Adventures of Mr. John Smith in Paris (1910)
The High Hand (1911)
My Lady’s Garter (1912)
Blind Man’s Buff (1914)

The Short Story Collections
The Thinking Machine (1907)
The Thinking Machine on the Case (1908)
Thinking Machine Stories
Miscellaneous Short Stories

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order