Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912) is widely considered "the American Sherlock Holmes" for his series of stories about Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, who is better known as The Thinking Machine. Van Dusen, a master of logic, believed he could think himself out of any situation - and solve any crime - using his immense intellect. Through dozens of stories, The Thinking Machine solved locked-room puzzles, kidnappings, and more murders than can be easily counted, proving again and again that brain-power is the answer to any problem.
This volume collects 47 short stories and novels, including many stories featuring The Thinking Machine. Assembled here are: • THE THINKING MACHINE. • MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE GREAT LOGICIAN. • THE GREAT AUTO MYSTERY. • THE HAUNTED BELL. • THE LEAK. • THE PROBLEM OF CELL 13. • THE MYSTERY OF THE RALSTON BANK BURGLARY. • MYSTERY OF THE SCARLET THREAD. • A PIECE OF STRING. • PROBLEM OF THE CRYSTAL GAZER. • THE FATAL CIPHER. • PROBLEM OF THE PERFECT ALIBI. • KIDNAPPED BABY BLAKE, MILLIONAIRE. • PROBLEM OF THE LOST RADIUM. • PROBLEM OF THE MISSING NECKLACE. • THE PHANTOM MOTOR. • PROBLEM OF CONVICT NO. 97. • THE FIRST PROBLEM. • PROBLEM OF THE GREEN EYED MONSTER. • PROBLEM OF THE HIDDEN MILLION. • PROBLEM OF THE OPERA BOX. • PROBLEM OF THE CROSS MARK. • PROBLEM OF THE BROKEN BRACELET. • PROBLEM OF THE SOUVENIR CARDS. • PROBLEM OF THE SUPERFLUOUS FINGER. • THE CASE OF THE SCIENTIFIC MURDERER. • PROBLEM OF THE DESERTED HOUSE. • MYSTERY OF THE FLAMING PHANTOM. • PROBLEM OF THE GHOST WOMAN. • MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN DAGGER. • THE GRINNING GOD. • MYSTERY OF THE GRIP OF DEATH. • THE JACKDAW. • MYSTERY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LOST. • THE MYSTERY OF A STUDIO. • PROBLEM OF THE ORGAN GRINDER. • PROBLEM OF THE PRIVATE COMPARTMENT. • THE PROBLEM OF THE AUTO CAB. • PROBLEM OF THE RED ROSE. • THE ROSWELL TIARA. • THE THREE OVERCOATS. • THE TRAGEDY OF THE LIFE RAFT. • PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING MAN. • PROBLEM OF THE INTERRUPTED WIRELESS. • THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN PLATE. • THE DIAMOND MASTER. • ELUSIVE ISABEL.
