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Synopsis
Jacques Heath Futrelle (1875-1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring the "Thinking Machine", Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen. He worked for the Atlanta Journal, where he began their sports section; the New York Herald; the Boston Post; and the Boston American. In 1905, his Thinking Machine character first appeared in a serialized version of The Problem of Cell 13. In 1895, he married fellow writer Lily May Peel, with whom he had two children. While returning from Europe aboard the RMS Titanic, Futrelle, a first-cabin passenger, refused to board a lifeboat insisting his wife board instead. He perished in the Atlantic. His works include: The Chase of the Golden Plate (1906), The Simple Case of Susan (1908), The Thinking Machine on the Case (1908), The Diamond Master (1909), Elusive Isabel (1909), The High Hand (1911), My Lady's Garter (1912), Blind Man's Bluff (1914).
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About the Author
Jacques Futrelle (1875 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer, best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen. He died aboard the Titanic when it sank in 1912.
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"At long last, it has been...reprinted as a paperback by Hesperus Press...it's still a gorgeous yarn." — Virginian-Pilot
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- PublisherDodo Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1409901750
- ISBN 13 9781409901754
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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