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Thomas W. Hanshew; Mary E. Hanshew
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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The Riddle of the Frozen
- Jan-2024
- / General Fiction
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Thomas W Hanshew was born in 1857 in Brooklyn, New York.Little is known of his life. As a 16 year old he began a career as an actor playing minor parts with various companies, but he made little progress.However, as an author he made rather more pro...
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Cleek Of Scotland Yard
Cleek is a master of disguise, an able assistant to the head of Scotland Yard, and a former criminal. Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skil...
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Cleek
The thing wouldn't have happened if any other constable than Collins had been put on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge that morning. For Collins was young, good-looking, and--knew it. Nature had gifted him with a susceptible heart and a fond eye for t...
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Cleek, the Master Detective
Cleek is poacher-turned-gamekeeper, a master criminal who decides to turn straight and work for Scotland Yard after being stricken by the sight of a lovely, innocent young woman whose jewels he was about to pinch. Receiving fabulous rewards for his g...
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Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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The Man of the Forty Faces
Hamilton Cleek, master of disguise, assists Superintendent Narkom of Scotland Yard in solving crimes while fending off dangers from his criminal past. The Cleek stories were written by Thomas W. Hanshew, until his death in 1914. His wife, Mary E. Han...
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The Riddle Of The 5.28
Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original te...
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The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
Thomas W. Hanshew was an actor and writer who wrote detective stories featuring Hamilton Cleek, "the man of the forty faces" who was skillfully able to disguise himself. Cleek was a British detective who works with Scotland Yard on cases....
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The Riddle of the Mysterious Light
Sherlock Holmes fans will find a lot to like in Thomas W. Hanshew's The Riddle of the Mysterious Light. Consulting detective Hamilton Cleek is en route to meet with Scotland Yard detective Narkom when he's intercepted by a roving gang of nefarious ne...
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The Riddle of the Night
It was half-past eleven on the night of Wednesday, April 14th, when the well-known red limousine of Mr. Maverick Narkom, superintendent of Scotland Yard, came abruptly to the head of Mulberry Lane, which, as you may possibly know, is a narrow road sk...
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The Riddle of the Ninth Finger
Share the blame of my lateness with me, Mr. Narkom, said Cleek, as he tossed aside his hat and threw the fag-end of the cigarette he was smoking out through the open window. You said in your note that there was no immediate necessity for haste, so I ...
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The Riddle of the Purple Emperor
As excitingly improbable a detective story as ever baffled and allured the breathless reader, The Riddle of the Purple Emperor has all the thrills of adventure and murder and hate and love embroidered on the groundwork of a plot as precisely worked o...
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The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel
The lights go out and there is a sound from the spinning wheel. A father is murdered. His son has the best motive. The Spinning Wheel: An old curse says, that when the Spinning Wheel spins by itself, someone will die....
