John R. Coryell

"Eugenie La Verde was lying upon her bed, clad in the soft wrapper which the maid had helped her to don before leaving her on the preceding night. Her face was distorted and swollen almost beyond recognition, and in spots was highly discolored, where the blood had coagulated beneath the skin. Her mouth was open, and her eyes were wide and staring, even yet filled with an expression of the horror through which she had passed just before her death. Her delicate hands, pretty enough for an...

A Woman at Bay, or a Fiend in Skirts is an adventure novel from the series of celebrated Nick Carter detective stories. In this thriller classic the king of detectives and a master of disguise crosses swords with Black Madge, a notorious outlaw and the queen of bandits and vagabonds. After few encounters Black Madge gathers a team of villains and they try to hunt him down, but Nick finds out about that and he strikes back. Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented...

With Links of Steel is considered to be amongst the best detective tales ever. It belongs to the series of celebrated Nick Carter detective stories. Two business partners are robbed off a small fortune in diamonds by a notorious Kilgore diamond gang, a trio of very shrewd and dare crooks. They immediately call famous New York detective Nick Carter and that is how begins one of the most stirring and extraordinary criminal cases that ever fell within the broad experience of the famous New York...

This carefully edited collection of thriller novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. John R. Coryell (1848–1924) was a prolific dime novel author. He wrote under many pseudonyms, one of them being Nicholas Carter, probably the best known. Nick Carter is a fictional character, invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith, who began as a thriller novel private detective and has appeared in a variety of formats over...

Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends...