Des hommes se sont déjà entretués pour cet objet mystérieux. À bord du Nepenthe, quelqu'un est prêt à recommencer. Owen Heath commande temporairement un luxueux yacht qui navigue dans les mers de Malaisie. À bord, riches passagers, alcool, parties de cartes et vieilles rivalités entretiennent une atmosphère de plus en plus étrange. Une nuit, l'équipage recueille Kaya Dalam, seul dans une petite embarcation à soixante milles de la terre. Le rescapé raconte une histoire incroyable : quatre hommes ont affrété un schooner et transportent une petite boule de métal qu'ils se relaient pour surveiller. Sur une île déserte, l'un d'eux assassine son compagnon pour s'en emparer. Le Nepenthe met le cap sur l'île. Mais l'objet a disparu. Puis Kaya Dalam est retrouvé mort. Impossible pourtant qu'un bateau ait approché sans être aperçu. Dès lors, le danger ne vient plus de l'île : il est à bord. Pour Owen, chaque nouveau secret resserre le piège autour des passagers et autour de Doris Carroll, qu'il est bien décidé à protéger. Un thriller maritime haletant entre meurtres, faux-semblants et trésor convoité sous les tropiques.

In the thrilling sequel to "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue," the enigmatic detective returns to unravel a web of deception and danger. Jimmie Dale, with his keen intellect and unwavering determination, finds himself entangled in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to shatter the lives of innocent victims. With each step closer to the truth, Jimmie Dale faces perilous encounters and must outwit cunning adversaries. Will he succeed in exposing the mastermind behind the scheme and bringing justice to those who deserve it?

In the enigmatic world of crime, Jimmie Dale, the master detective, embarks on a thrilling adventure. A phantom clue, a tantalizing whisper in the darkness, leads him into a labyrinth of deception and danger. As he unravels the threads of a complex web, Dale encounters a cast of enigmatic characters, each with their own secrets and motives. With his keen intellect and unwavering determination, he delves into a world of hidden identities, stolen fortunes, and deadly encounters. Will Jimmie Dale unravel the Phantom Clue and bring justice to light?

Frank L. Packard worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He brings this experience to the fictional Hill Division -- those those twisting, climbing, dangerous and glorious miles of track that lead from the Division Point at Big Cloud over the magnificent but treacherous Rockies to the straight and level Pacific Division. Here are fifteen stories of exciting times on the Hill Division and of the remarkable men-Regan, Carlton, Spence and all the others-whose determination, ability, even heroism, tamed the fabulous Hill Division.

Packed with twists and turns, `The Four Stragglers' by Frank L. Packard is a mystery novel in which the reader meets four allied soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the Great War. As the story progresses, three of the soldiers realise that they all played parts in a daring jewel heist just two years earlier. The three soldiers set up a criminal organization running scams in England and France which eventually leads them on a complex and thrilling journey to America. This novel will be greatly enjoyed by fans of ´The Great Train Robbery´ and ´Hatton Garden the Heist´. Frank L. Packard was a Canadian novelist born in Quebec. As a young man, he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and this experience led him to write many railroad stories. Packard also wrote a series of mystery novels, the most well-known of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.

A collection of ten railroad short stories: "And so these are the stories of the Hill Division and of the men who wrought upon it; the stories of those days when it was young and in the making; the stories of the days when Carleton, 'Royal' Carleton, was superintendent, when gruff, big-hearted, big-paunched Tommy Regan was master mechanic, when the grizzled, gray-streaked Harvey was division engineer, and little Doctor McTurk was the Company surgeon, and Riley was the trainmaster, and Spence was the chief despatcher; the stories of men who have done brave duty and come to honor and glory and their reward-and the stories of some who have gone into Division for the last time on orders from the Great Trainmaster, and who will never railroad any more." (Frank L. Packard)

"New York City, 1922-Murder-half-million dollar robbery-false accusation-secret passage-the underworld-a mystery woman-a masked man-a crooked lawyer-stolen jewels-a forged will. . . "Every hour . . . held a surer promise, not only of desperate peril to himself, but a promise that he would find himself launched in a sea of crime, of shuddering things, of murder, of blood, of sordid viciousness, of hate." - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier"

"This thrilling novel teems with intrigue and unforgettable characters. It opens during WWI with a few allied soldiers lost at night behind German lines. One of them shoots at another in the darkness. Members of a criminal gang before the war, the men resume their unlawful activities when peacetime returns. The gang's leader receives a letter that results in his leaving London for a small island off the Florida Keys. He is "as clever a scoundrel and as miserable, inhuman and unscrupulous a one as ever blasphemed the image in which God made him... He is without conscience, ruthless, a fiend who would do honour to hell itself."" Frank L. Packard authored many popular novels, several of which were made into movies, including a series in which he originated the idea of a heroic crime fighter with a secret double identity. --Lee Smalley"

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