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"Next in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, a collection of twelve tales of intrigue and suspense, featuring Craig Kennedy, the 'American Sherlock Holmes' First published in 1910, The Silent Bullet is the first collection of Arthur B. Reeve's Craig Kennedy mysteries. In this book of twelve tales of intrigue and suspense, readers are introduced to Kennedy, sometimes called the 'American Sherlock Holmes', and his friend and assistant, reporter Walter James. A professor at show more Columbia University, Kennedy uses his scientific expertise and inventions to solve cases, usually employing pioneering turn-of-the-century technology, such as hidden microphones, lie detectors, and a makeshift defibrillator. Full of thrilling escapades as well as insight into the discoveries of the early 1900s, The Silent Bullet is an adventure from start to finish"-- show lessTags
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The first collection of short stories featuring this "scientific detective," Craig Kennedy. Without much of the personality of Holmes and Watson, these stories are interesting enough, but quite impersonal.
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- Canonical title
- The Silent Bullet
- Alternate titles
- The Silent Bullet: The Adventures Of Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective (re-release title) (re-release title); The Black Hand: The Adventures Of Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective (UK title) (UK title)
- Original publication date
- 1912
- People/Characters
- Craig Kennedy
- First words
- "It has always seemed strange to me that no one has ever endowed a professorship in criminal science in any of our large universities."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Before the smoke had cleared and order had been restored, Craig exclaimed: "Let him up, Walter. Here, DeLong, here are the I.O.U.'s against you. Tear them up--they are not even a debt of honour."
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- UK edition released as The Black Hand: The Adventures Of Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective
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- 105
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- 1
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- English, Italian, Polish, Swedish
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 27
- ASINs
- 7
