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The Wire Devils: Classic Crime Fiction

Frank L. Packard

The Wire Devils: Classic Crime Fiction

eBook (Smoking Gun Mystery Books May 20, 2016) , 1 edition
• Two classic crime fiction novels by Frank L Packard are in this Kindle eBook: The Wire Devils and The Adventures of Jimmie DaleThe Wire Devils (1918)An amusing crime caper in which a criminal tails another criminal who follow a band of criminals, decipher's their communications code and attempts to foil their plots.The Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1917)Playboy Jimmie Dale isn't satisfied with his wealthy lifestyle so he masquerades as "The Grey Seal," a safe cracker. He is caught in the act by a woman but she doesn't call the police. Instead she blackmails him to use his criminal talents in a very different manner.About The AuthorCanadian mystery writer Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was born in Montreal and worked as an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences resulted in a series of mystery novels featuring a character called "Jimmie Dale". Packard died in 1942 in Quebec.Books by Frank L Packard Include:The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1919)Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue (1922)Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder (1930)Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour (1935)Other worksCoogan's Last RunMore Knaves Than One (1910)The Miracle Man (1914) The Belovéd Traitor (1915) The Sin That Was His (1917)The Wire Devils (1918)From Now On (1919)The Night Operator (1919)The White Moll (1920) Pawned (1921)Doors of the Night (1922)The Four Stragglers (1923)The Locked Book (1924)Running Special (1925)Broken Waters (1925)The Red Ledger (1926)The Devil's Mantle (1927)Two Stolen Idols (1927)Shanghai Jim (1928)The Big Shot (1929)Tiger Claws (1929)Gold Skull Murders (1931)The Hidden Door (1933)The Purple Ball (1933)The Dragon's Jaws (1937)
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217

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