The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. Reeve

A mystery novel featuring detective Craig Kennedy, who must solve a murder case involving a poisoned pen. The victim is a wealthy businessman who was blackmailing one of his employees with incriminating evidence. As Kennedy investigates, he uncovers a web of deceit and conspiracy that leads him to the killer.

By Arthur B. Reeve · First published 1920 · Genre: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Crime · 11 chapters · 122,004 words

First lines

Kennedy's suit-case was lying open on the bed, and he was literally throwing things into it from his chiffonier, as I entered after a hurried trip up-town from the Star office in response to an urgent message from him.

"Come, Walter," he cried, hastily stuffing in a package of clean laundry without taking off the wrapping-paper, "I've got your suit-case out. Pack up whatever you can in five minutes. We must take the six o'clock train for Danbridge."

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Arthur B. Reeve
• Date: 1920 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
• Length: 122,004 words
• Structure: 11 chapters, 1,891 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Genres

• Mystery — The book revolves around solving crimes using scientific knowledge, fitting within the Mystery genre
• Detective Fiction — The protagonist is a scientific detective, which places the book in the Detective Fiction genre
• Crime — The narrative involves investigating crimes, which situates it within the Crime genre
• Science Fiction — The use of advanced scientific methods to solve crimes gives the book elements of Science Fiction

Tags

mystery · thriller · detective · crime · suspense · whodunit · plot twist · cliffhanger · red herring · sleuth · investigation · forensics

Contents

• THE POISONED PEN
• "THE YEGGMAN
• THE GERM OF DEATH
• THE FIREBUG
• THE CONFIDENCE KING
• THE SAND-HOG
• THE WHITE SLAVE
• THE FORGER
• THE UNOFFICIAL SPY
• The SMUGGLER
• THE INVISIBLE RAY

More by Arthur B. Reeve

• The Master Mystery (1936)
• The Silent Bullet (1920)
• The Dream Doctor (1924)
• The War Terror (1918)
• The Treasure-Train (1923)
• The Romance of Elaine (1920)
• The Gold of the Gods (1914)
• The Ear in the Wall (1907)
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