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The murderer and the fortune teller

Title: The murderer and the fortune teller / by Allan Pinkerton.
Author: Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
Publication: Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of the Kent State University Press, [2020]

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Description

vii, 141 pages : illustrations; 19 cm.

Summary

"Captain J. N. Sumner from Springfield, Massachusetts, hires Pinkerton to help solve a crime involving his sisters and the deed to a family farm. His younger sister Annie falls under the charms of a married man, Mr. Pattmore, who promises to marry Annie once his wife and her brother are out of the way. Captain Sumner possesses an opal ring with a stone that appears to foretell events. After suddenly falling violently ill, he becomes convinced his sister is trying to poison him to get his fortune and, more importantly, his ring. Recognizing Annie's superstitious nature, Pinkerton has one of his female detectives pose as a fortune teller to meet with Annie. But it soon becomes clear that Pinkerton may have gotten more than he bargained for. Is Annie actually trying to kill her brother, or is she being controlled by a much more sinister force? Is Captain Sumner's ring genuine? So unfolds this tale of adultery, politics, superstition, manipulation, and murder"--Provided by publisher

Series Statement

Pinkerton true detective stories
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.

Subject

Genre/Form

True crime stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Note

Fictionalized account ostensibly or loosely based on an actual crime case.
"First published by W. B. Keen, Cooke, & Co., Chicago, 1875"--Title page verso.
Reproduction of the second title of two in the 1875 edition, which contains both The detective and the somnambulist; and, The murderer and the fortune teller.
"This facsimile and edition was produced using a scan of a first edition copy.... The original edition is part of the Borowitz Collection in the Kent State University Special Collections and Archives"--Title page verso.
Includes foreword: Exploring the Borowitz Collection by Cara Gilgenbach, Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University.

Call Number

JFC 22-42

ISBN

9781606354162
1606354167

LCCN

2020948365

OCLC

1154547442

Author

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884, author.

Title

The murderer and the fortune teller / by Allan Pinkerton.

Publisher

Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of the Kent State University Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Pinkerton true detective stories

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.

Local Note

FACSIMILE OF 1875 EDITION.

Added Author

Gilgenbach, Cara, writer of foreword.

Kent State University. Press, publisher.

Black Squirrel Books, publisher.

Other Editions:

Facsimile container of: Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Detective and the somnambulist. Chicago : W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875 Allan Pinkerton's detective stories (DLC) 12037640 (OCoLC)975326

Research Call Number

JFC 22-42

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