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Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
Chapitres (28)
- Dedication 0:00
- Introduction 0:05
- I: Pendleton Calls Upon Ashton-Kirk 2:27
- II: Miss Edyth Vale States Her Case 20:17
- III: The Portraits of General Wayne 41:40
- IV: Stillman’s Theory 1:14:34
- V: Stillman Asks Questions 1:33:48
- VI: Ashton-Kirk Looks About 2:01:48
- VII: The Schwartz-Michael Bayonet 2:25:57
- VIII: The Newspapers Begin to Play Their Part 2:39:07
- IX: Miss Vale Tells What She Knows 2:49:22
- X: Ashton-Kirk Asks Questions 3:06:00
- XI: Pendleton Is Vastly Enlightened 3:21:07
- XII: Antonio Spatola Appears 3:41:16
- XIII: A New Light on Allan Morris 3:52:07
- XIV: Miss Vale Unexpectedly Appears 4:09:15
- XV: Miss Vale Departs Suddenly 4:31:32
- XVI: Steel Against Steel 4:42:15
- XVII: What Happened on the Road 4:51:39
- XVIII: Ashton-Kirk Tells Why 5:03:21
- XIX: The Two Reports 5:15:47
- XX: One of the Old Sort 5:27:36
- XXI: Ashton-Kirk Begins to Plan 5:43:26
- XXII: Ashton-Kirk Is Annoyed 5:52:19
- XXIII: The Secret of the Portrait 6:07:27
- XXIV: The Second Night 6:23:46
- XXV: Approaching the Finish 6:38:06
- XXVI: The Finish 6:56:03
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Miss Edyth Vale, heiress to a steel fortune, has paid the youthful investigator Ashton-Kirk a visit. Her fiancé has become entangled in a secret and intensely stressful business matter, which is casting a shadow over their nascent relationship. Using her resources, she’s discovered that the cause of the problem is a numismatist called Hume, and Ashton-Kirk agrees to check up on him. Yet before he can even pay a visit, Hume is discovered in his office with a bayonet in his chest. Ashton-Kirk must uncover the real murderer, but with such a wide cast of suspects, he has his work cut out for him.
Although the character of Ashton-Kirk had appeared in earlier serials, Ashton-Kirk, Investigator is the first in a series of novels by John T. McIntyre focusing on the youthful private investigator. Following in Sherlock Holmes’ footsteps as a scientific investigator-for-hire, Ashton-Kirk carefully considers all possible events, often operating several steps ahead of his colleagues—and the reader.