Jacques Futrelle
The Chase of the Golden Plate
Paperback
(Hesperus Press May 2, 2012)
, Reprint edition
Jacques Futrelle's first published book-length story featuring the arrogant, cocaine-taking, large-headed Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine" A high-society fancy-dress party falls victim to a robbery—confusions of identity, long-held grudges, romance, and honor all appear in the excitement that follows. Jacques Futrelle was an American journalist and detective-story writer and Van Dusen was his most famous detective character, appearing in a number of his works.
- ISBN
- 1843913607 / 9781843913603
- Pages
- 138
- Weight
- 6.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.5
in.