"Conan Doyle and Anna Katharine Green have a worthy rival in Burton B. Stevenson."—Chicago Record-Herald.
2D PRINTING
The Holladay Case
By BURTON E. STEVENSON
With Frontispiece by Eliot Keen
12mo, $1.25
¶ An absorbing tale of a modern mystery, in which the horror of the opening situation is but lightly touched on, and the chief appeal is made by ingenuity, dramatic situation, and suspense. It starts with the finding of a New York banker, stabbed to death in his office. The lawyer who finally unravels the tangle does so in a highly original manner. There are many stirring incidents, while the scenes shift from New York, partly in the French quarter, to an ocean steamer and to France.
Professor Dicey recently said to a company of students: "If you like a detective story take care you read a goo_d detective story." This is a good detective story, and it is the better because the part of the hero is not filled by a member of the profession … The reader will not want to put the book down until he has reached the last page. This is one of the most ingeniously constructed detective stories we have read in a long time, and it is well written into the bargain.
NEW YORK MAIL AND EXPRESS:—
Worth reading … ingenious without violating probability.
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN:—
Unusually clever.
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT:—
Developed with novelty and originality … may be heartily commended.
Of rare interest and intricacy.
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