The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. Reeve
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Professor Craig Kennedy investigates while Walter Jameson, reporter, assists

1.The Poisoned Pen - Craig Kennedy is employed by Senator Adrian Willard to prove the innocence of Dr Dixon in the death of actress Vera Lytton.
2.The Yeggman - the president of Standard Burglary Insurance Company requests the help of Professor Kennedy in the case of the stolen Branford pearls and the death of a maid.
3. The Germ of Death - Dr Kharkoff visits Kennedy because several freinds have strange sysmphoms -not that interesting
4.The Firebug - Fire Marshall McCormick believes that a series of incendiary firesin the business district aredue to a firebug and wants Kennedy to discover the person who has alsokilled six people in these fires.
5. The Confidence King - A counterfeit of notes is in cicrulation but when the guilty party is discovered the fingerprints do not match.
6. The Sand-Hog - What is behind the accidents at the tunnel construction site overseen by Jack Orton, and what could be the motive.
7.The White Slave - Georgette Gilbert has gone missing and her parents request Kennedy investigate.
8.The Forger - Stevenson Williams of Continental Surety, a broker of forgery insurance, request the help of Kennedy in a vast forgery fraud.
9.The Unofficial Spy - The house detective at the Hotel Vanderveer asksKennedy to look at the body discovered in one of the rooms. She was registered as Madame de Nevers
10.The Smuggler - Jack Herndon, Customs House of New York, involves Kennedy in the investigation of the smuggled gowns and jewellery from Paris
11.The Invisible Ray - Dr Burnham, ex-attending doctor to millionaire Stephen Haswell is suspiciousof hid illness and asks Kennedy to investigate.
12.The Campaign Grafter - Wesley Travis of the Reform party has had some photographs stolen from his home and is now being blackmailed. Can Kennedy prove them fake before the election takes place.
Overall some entertaining short stories,but not of enough interest to want to read again.

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