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"The story opens with the dramatic situation after Appomattox, when many of the Southern soldiers turned westward to a new life. It is the story of a heroic soldier and a courageous young woman, who do their best to help upbuild our country after the civil war. A pretty romance threads its way through the book. It is a well told story, full of action and of special interest to Illinois readers."--The Chicago Record-Herald
Plot, intrigue and diplomacy between the eastern and western civilized worlds toward the end of the present century giving a picture of the next great world struggle between the East and West.
Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale University writes: --"'Captain Gardiner' is a rattling good story full of movement. It is ingenious and well planned and 'Mabs' is a real woman. Please give my hearty congratulations to the author."
Vice and murder prowl Chicago--and one man hunts a killer through the glittering Gold Coast and seamy back alleys. (1948 winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.)
Mystery, desperate and baffling, is frankly the thing in this new Rinehart novel. The sudden, unaccountable disappearance of a well-known actress; a thrilling case of mistaken identity; a network of incriminating circumstances pointing to the guilt of the actress' husband; a chain of evidence establishing a substantial alibi; clews galore indicating a score of possibilities; a jury trial; a strange love plot;--all these go to make this tale more intense than any previous work, yet it retains humor and good cheer.