Bøger af Cleveland Moffett

True Detective Stories The Northampton Bank Robbery The Susquehanna Express Robbery The Pollock Diamond Robbery The Rock Island Express The Destruction of the Renos The American Exchange Bank Robbery Bonus The Mysterious Card The Mysterious Card Unveiled (Sequel)

The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory is a futuristic war novel set in USA, 1921, where America is overpowered by European powers like Germany. The subtitle of the book claims to be based on the extracts from the diary of James E. Langston who was a war correspondent of the "London Times." Moffett was concerned with the military unpreparedness of America in the face of growing suspicions about the German army and hence wrote this cautionary tale in the era where future war stories were hugely popular. In this book the hero is Thomas Alva Edison who must save the America from the impending threat of the Great War. Will he or won''t he? Read on!

When a famous celebrity is mysteriously shot dead in a hotel room most people assume it is a suicide but our detective has his doubts. On the other side of the story, a woman declines the marriage proposal of her lover to save him from an unforeseen tragedy. And believe it or not, both these stories are connected intricately. Will the real murderer be caught? Will the two lovers re-unite? Read on!