Will Savage hits the trail to smoke out Aubrey Roan, the cold-blooded killer of Marshal Joe Freeman--to reward Roan for the killing. Roan's brother, John Castledine,own marshal of Buffalo Flats, Kansas, believes Savage only wants to collect bounty for bringing his brother in for trial. Also, Savage faces the Barefoot clan, accused of "killin' our kin," renews a relationship with Meg McGraff. A tale of two strong men taking different roads to accomplish the same end.
The precious bag contains the fruits of a lifetime of hard work. Thieves and scoundrels lay claim to it, but foolishness and downright dishonesty snatches their dream away. As these tales reveal, fate eventually favours only the honest. But before that, the bag of gold enjoys some strange adventures, and seems to like only the kind-hearted.
The second in the ‘Fleming Stone’ series of mystery novels by popular author Carolyn Wells, ‘The Gold Bag’ centres on the mysterious murder of a wealthy businessman Joseph Crawford – killed in the comfort of his own home. Amateur young detective Herbert Burroughs is on the case, but finds himself increasingly baffled by the many clues he unearths. Matters are complicated when he realises he is growing romantically attached to one of the suspects, and so he calls on the famous investigator Fleming Stone for help. Fleming Stone is a private investigator with a flair for reading books and people. New York police department often resorts to her skills when a crime turns out to be too complicated for them to resolve. Carolyn Wells’ "Fleming Stone" series follow the eponymous character’s adventures as she solves crimes and mysteries. Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was a prolific American novelist and poet, best known for her children’s literature, mystery novels and humorous verse. Born in New Jersey, following school Wells worked as a librarian where she developed her love of reading, and her first book ‘At the Sign of the Sphinx’ was published in 1896. From 1900 Wells dedicated herself to her literary career, writing over 170 novels in total across a range of genres. Some of her most loved works include the ‘Patty Fairfield’ and ‘Marjorie Maynard’ series for girls, as well as the ‘Fleming Stone’ mystery series for adults. Wells is also well-known for her humorous nonsense verse, and was a frequent contributor of verse to magazines. She published an autobiography ‘The Rest of my Life’ in 1937. Wells died in New York City in 1942.
Rusty, an old prospector, and Lo Fat and Lee, a Chinese father and son living in the small mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, become friends and share the excitement of finding gold in the Amargosa Desert.
The book “the Gold Bag” is a mysterious and thriller detective novel written by Carolyn Wells. The main protagonist of the book detective Fleming stone features his eclectic skills to solve the case. The story begins with a wide gathering of friends add Mrs Jane Bailey home during which an unplanned and unexpected event occurs. The discovery open mysterious gold bag containing a large amount of valuable jewellery found it at her home. However, a quick done came into motion where one of the guest miss Pitman found murdered during the event. Here is the entry of detective Fleming Stone to investigate the murder and puts all his focus to study the case. He makes every effort to uncover the web of secrets and suspects. Throughput his investigation, he employed all his mastermind powers to observed keenly and analyse all the evidences. The tension rises quickly since there was a fear of being attacked again by the killer. The Gold Bag is still in the back part of whole story and readers find it quite twisting until the very end of novel. with such suspense and memorable characters with intricate plot, it is one of the most must rad fiction for all suspense lovers.
Forty years in the life of a woman guest in the home of a pinch-penny millionaire. Includes description of the terrible ring theatre fire in Vienna, in 1881.
