A Battle for the Right

Nicholas Carter

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". The scene is set at an upscale road house not far from New York City. Tucked away in a quiet room, five men sit at a poker game, when one is accused of cheating. A scuffle ensues and the man ends up dead. But surely he wasn't hit that hard? Did he have a heart condition? We can be sure Nick will get to the bottom of the affair. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Group: Nick Carter Detective

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 At a Game of Poker ProfoundMenace
00:12:00
Play 02 Remorse ProfoundMenace
00:11:40
Play 03 Who Killed Jarvis? Nihal Anabel
00:18:20
Play 04 The White Feather Devin Kemp
00:17:59
Play 05 A Confession ToddHW
00:10:44
Play 06 Door and Window Dory
00:10:38
Play 07 Traced Back ToddHW
00:09:18
Play 08 In the Old House Annie Mars
00:14:14
Play 09 Through the Cellars ToddHW
00:06:44
Play 10 Investigation Annie Mars
00:13:08
Play 11 The Raid ToddHW
00:08:17
Play 12 Nick Springs a Surprise Delmar H Dolbier
00:09:56
Play 13 Nick Carter's Quiet Hand Marya James
00:10:01
Play 14 With the Tide Victor Seremet
00:11:05
Play 15 Tracked! Victor Seremet
00:11:53
Play 16 A Secret Offer Marya James
00:10:10
Play 17 What Nick Carter Knew Dory
00:12:09
Play 18 A Lovely Scrap Dory
00:10:43
Play 19 A Well of Fire Annie Mars
00:07:37
Play 20 Five Seconds ofDeath Annie Mars
00:11:41
Play 21 Another Kink John
00:11:47
Play 22 Another Scheme Annie Mars
00:12:59
Play 23 Which Was Which? Annie Mars
00:07:55
Play 24 By Underground Annie Mars
00:11:08
Play 25 Doubts Annie Mars
00:07:14
Play 26 Ghostly Visitants Dory
00:12:22
Play 27 A Fight in the Dark Dory
00:09:28
Play 28 The Elder Jarvis Dory
00:11:51
Play 29 The Insurgents Dory
00:11:04
Play 30 Nick Carter's Word Dory
00:10:26
Play 31 Nick Calls a Council Dory
00:10:05
Play 32 Murder Will Out Dory
00:11:00
Play 33 Still Hunting Steven Jon Peterson
00:08:50
Play 34 The Girl in the Case John
00:10:38
Play 35 Getting a Focus John
00:09:07
Play 36 Where They Found Him John
00:10:33
Play 37 The Rightful Heir John
00:12:57