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Against Odds

Lawrence L. Lynch (1853 - 1914)

Believed to have been written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, this detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Masters as he is in pursuit of international criminals Greenback Bob and Delbras. Conmen, lost handbags, jewel robberies, an adventuress... not to mention two missing young men and a murder, all come under the detective's eye. ( Lynne Thompson)

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	"Chicargo Gits My Money"	Lynne T	00:22:11
Play 02	"I Told My Tale Of Woe"	Lynne T	00:28:03
Play 03	A Conundrum	Lynne T	00:18:54
Play 04	"I Can't Make Myself like Him"	Lynne T	00:19:44
Play 05	"It's All A Miracle"	Lynne T	00:20:27
Play 06	"A Criminal Hunt"	Lynne T	00:17:24
Play 07	"It Was Greenback Bob"	Lynne T	00:24:23
Play 08	"Straight from The Shoulder"	Lynne T	00:14:28
Play 09	In Disguise	Lynne T	00:19:05
Play 10	Carl Masters	Lynne T	00:17:35
Play 11	"I Dislike A Mystery"	Lynne T	00:20:47
Play 12	"More Dangerous Than Hate"	Lynne T	00:21:58
Play 13	Face To Face With Delbras	Lynne T	00:17:56
Play 14	Missing - Carte Blanche	Lynne T	00:21:56
Play 15	The King Of Confidence Men	Lynne T	00:15:26
Play 16	That Little Decoy	Lynne T	00:11:36
Play 17	"Those Two Women"	Lynne T	00:21:09
Play 18	"If You'll Find One, I'll Find The Other"	Lynne T	00:13:07
Play 19	"Strange! Mistaken! Heartless!"	Lynne T	00:12:02
Play 20	"We Must Understand Each Other"	Lynne T	00:25:49
Play 21	"Let Me Laugh"	Lynne T	00:20:55
Play 22	"There Is Danger - Near!"	Lynne T	00:25:29
Play 23	"You Are Suffering In My Stead"	Lynne T	00:15:18
Play 24	"It Is Our First Clue"	Lynne T	00:11:52
Play 25	"It's A Snare"	Lynne T	00:12:18
Play 26	A Columbian Guard	Lynne T	00:07:59
Play 27	"I'd Swear To Them Hands Anywhere"	Lynne T	00:21:35
Play 28	"Now Down!"	Lynne T	00:17:40
Play 29	"Fire! Fire! Fire!"	Lynne T	00:11:41
Play 30	"It Shall Not Be All Suspense"	Lynne T	00:08:26
Play 31	Sir Carroll Rae	Lynne T	00:10:30
Play 32	Found Dead	Lynne T	00:17:57
Play 33	"A Mercyful Dispensayshun"	Lynne T	00:23:50
Play 34	"Eureka!"	Lynne T	00:16:54
Play 35	After All	Lynne T	00:20:40

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