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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Bowery Murder' is a gripping detective novel set against the gritty and atmospheric backdrop of 1920s New York City. The story plunges readers into the dark underbelly of the Bowery, where a shocking crime sets off a complex investigation. As the mystery unfolds, Willard K. Smith masterfully weaves a tale of suspense, red herrings, and meticulous deduction that is characteristic of the Golden Age of crime fiction.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gangsters, Broadway divas, crooked politicians, stock market manipulation . . . Bowery Murder is a maelstrom of 1920s murder and media antics as the police (and one intrepid reporter) sort through the evidence, eyewitness statements, and plenty of lies to find the truth behind the shooting of wealthy Wall Street investor and cad Thomas Woodward. The story is told mainly through published newspaper accounts (from conservative stalwarts to gossip sheets) as they lay out the twists and turns of the murder investigation-always in search of the next scoop. Multiple suspects, multiple motives, and multiple confessions build a thrilling mystery.'. . . the mystery of who killed the rascal Tom Woodward lasts to the end. Just as the police and the reader think that the story is straightening out to its solution, another kink comes up through some confession or new evidence and the uncertainty is as bad as ever. To the very last this continues and a series of climaxes brings the book to a close. . . . [I]t is an absorbing book, without any horrors, but with a real stimulus to the readers' effort to determine the answer to the mystery.' (1929 review)'At times the story seems a bit attenuated, but the author juggles his suspects, his tell-tale bullets, the discovered revolvers and all that sort of thing deftly and one can overlook a rather remiss attention to news verbosity, used by divers papers to cover up the fact that they don't know anything about the case. And as a novelty it is more than good enough. It is amusing, puzzling and chatty. It reads along like the stories told by reporters after the third drink of celery tonic as they start bragging to each other about this and that. And if a certain amount of repetition creeps in that must be charged to the defect of following a murder case from day to day in the news with the clippings of a month side by side. Mr. Smith at least has given the detective story another method and the reader will be in his debt for that.' (1929 review)'[A] rather interesting satire on the modern newspaper handling of headline crimes. The author, Willard K. Smith, is a publicity man for a New York advertising agency-Frank Kiernan & Co., and the book is his first.' (1929 review)'Willard K. Smith ('The Bowery Murder') once ran an amusement park. Later he was a miner, explorer and mill hand in a furnace plant. . . .' (1929)Bowery Murder was published in 1929. For more vintage detective fiction and mysteries visit Coachwhip Publications.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Bowery Murder' is a gripping detective novel set against the gritty and atmospheric backdrop of 1920s New York City. The story plunges readers into the dark underbelly of the Bowery, where a shocking crime sets off a complex investigation. As the mystery unfolds, Willard K. Smith masterfully weaves a tale of suspense, red herrings, and meticulous deduction that is characteristic of the Golden Age of crime fiction.The narrative follows the efforts to solve a perplexing homicide in one of the city's most notorious districts. With its sharp characterizations and vivid sense of place, the book captures the tension between the law and the criminal elements of the late Prohibition era. Smith provides a compelling look at early 20th-century investigative techniques and the social dynamics of the New York streets, from its high-stakes drama to its forgotten corners.A classic example of early 20th-century mystery writing, 'The Bowery Murder' stands as a testament to the enduring appeal of the traditional whodunit. It offers modern readers an authentic glimpse into the detective style that helped shape the genre, making it a valuable addition to the library of any fan of vintage crime literature and historical thrillers.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. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. xii+831 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. light cover wear, small tear at top & bottom of spine. Contents: The necessity of scientific education in China to-day; The peoples of Kwangtung: Their origin, migrations, and present distribution; The manufacture of leather in Canton; On the palm and sole prints of Chinese; Manufactures weather; The study of botany in Fukien; A note on Gnetum scandens; The Magnoliaceae of Kwangtung, Macao, and Hong Kong; The botany of Kwangtung and its relation to agriculture; Differentiating fungi by precipitation with water-soluble specific substances; The number of vascular bundles in Ephedra sinica and E. equisetina; Grasses of Canton vicinity; A brief historical survey of the Lingnan University Herbarium; The local resident's opportunity for productive work in the biological sciences in China; Unrecorded plants from Kwangtung Province II; A review of the literature on the growth of Bamboo; Remarks on citrus and citrus relatives in China; The marine and freshwater algae of China; The collection of mosquitoes in south China; On two species of Sphaeridium from the oriental region (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae); Gall midges or gall gnats of the orient (Itonididae or Cecidomyiidae); The membracidae of China; A common moth and some of its enemies; The Brethnidae and Lycidae of China; Our present knowledge about the Pupipara of Tabanidae of China; A new species of stonefly from China (order Plecoptera, family Nemouridae); Biological notes on a Chrysomelid pest of bamboo; Termites, destroyers of wood and man's fight against them; Present status of our knowledge of the termites of China; Insect inhabitants of the fruiting sprays of the pagoda tree, Sophora japonica; Studies on the Chinese honey-bee; Some principles useful in solving economic biological problems; Study of Brachyplatus subaëneus Westw.; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) Part I. External characters of the nervous system; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) part II. Internal structure of the brain and ventral nerve cord; External morphology of the corn ear worm; The present status of knowledge bout Chinese Gryinidae; On the cricket locusts (Gryllacrids) of China; A list of the coprophagous Coleoptera of China; Notes on the life history of a wild silkworm; History of Rhynchocoris humeralis Thumb. (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).…