Research Catalog

Title

The master of mysteries : being an account of the problems solved by Astro, Seer of Secrets, and his love affair with Valeska Wynne, his assistant / Gelett Burgess ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Leslie S. Klinger.

Author

Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

Publication

Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press ; [Washington, DC] : Library of Congress, [2023]

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Details

Additional Authors

Klinger, Leslie S.

Description

xii, 472 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

""From the inspired mystic to the man of practical analytic mind, the transition was instantaneous..." Astro, the Seer of Secrets, and his lovely assistant, Valeska, sound more like a magic act than a private detection team. Astro, in fact, hides his powers of observation and reasoning beneath a turban and a cape, pretending to read palms and consult crystals while in fact keenly observing details that most people-police included-miss. Valeska, his beautiful blond protege, assists Astro with his investigations, all the while honing her own skills. Called upon by believers and skeptics both, they adeptly recover what is missing-a rare Shakespeare folio, a missing husband, a kidnapped child-while also solving actual murders. But it is their burgeoning romance, and their mutual zeal to work pro bono where matters of the heart are at stake, that set this crime-solving duo apart"--

Series Statement

Library of Congress Crime Classics

Uniform Title

Library of Congress crime classics.

Subject

• Private investigators > Fiction
• Private investigators

Genre/Form

• Detective and mystery fiction.
• Fiction.

Note

• Includes reading group guide.
• Library of Congress place of publication from publisher's website.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction from the author -- Missing John Hudson -- The stolen Shakespeare -- The Macdougal street affair -- The Fanshawe ghost -- The Denton boudoir mystery -- The Lorsson elopement -- Number thirteen -- The trouble with Tulliver -- Why Mrs. Burbank ran away -- Mrs. Selwyn's emerald -- The assassins' club -- The luck of the Merringtons -- The count's comedy -- Priscilla's presents -- The heir to Soothoid -- The two Miss Mannings -- Van Asten's visitor -- The Middlebury murder -- Vengeance of the Pi Rho Nu -- The lady in taupe -- Mrs. Stellery's letters -- Black light.

Call Number

JFD 23-713

ISBN

• 9781728264011
• 1728264014
• 9781728264035 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022028867

OCLC

1331413312

Author

Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951, author.

Title

The master of mysteries : being an account of the problems solved by Astro, Seer of Secrets, and his love affair with Valeska Wynne, his assistant / Gelett Burgess ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Leslie S. Klinger.

Publisher

Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press ; [Washington, DC] : Library of Congress, [2023]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Congress Crime Classics

Library of Congress crime classics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Klinger, Leslie S., editor, writer of introduction.

Other Form:

Online version: Burgess, Gelett. Master of mysteries Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2023] 9781728264035 (DLC) 2022028868

Research Call Number

JFD 23-713