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Officer 666

Barton Wood Currie (1877 - 1962) and Augustin McHugh (1877 - 1928)

Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rather than thwart the planned burglary, he borrows a police uniform from a friend and decides to confront the robber by posing as an officer. When the burglar arrives at the house, he tries to pass himself off as Travers Gladwin. From there, things only get more complicated, including the arrival of the burglar's girlfriend who believes that her beau is the wealthy man's son. Comical and timely, the book was made into a movie multiple times, each hugely successful. (Summary by Roger Melin)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	A Grapefruit Prelude	Roger Melin	00:09:34
Play 02	Mr. Hogg Enters the Lists	Roger Melin	00:09:03
Play 03	Whitney Barnes Under Fire	Roger Melin	00:11:21
Play 04	Smiles and Tears	Roger Melin	00:07:24
Play 05	Whitney Barnes Telephones to the Ritz	Roger Melin	00:08:10
Play 06	Officer 666 on Patrol	Roger Melin	00:09:57
Play 07	The Little Brown Jap	Roger Melin	00:09:04
Play 08	Art, Mystery and Love	Roger Melin	00:09:56
Play 09	The Curse of Millions	Roger Melin	00:08:27
Play 10	The Heartbeats of Mr. Hogg	Roger Melin	00:05:24
Play 11	Gainsborough "Blue Boy"	Roger Melin	00:13:15
Play 12	Approaching a World of Mystery	Roger Melin	00:05:52
Play 13	Travers Gladwin Gets a Thrill	Roger Melin	00:10:23
Play 14	Thrill Begets Thrill	Roger Melin	00:11:32
Play 15	Heroism, Love and Something Else	Roger Melin	00:09:06
Play 16	The Torment of Officer 666	Roger Melin	00:06:07
Play 17	Travers Gladwin is Considerably Jarred	Roger Melin	00:09:57
Play 18	Sadie Becomes a Conspirator	Roger Melin	00:09:59
Play 19	Helen Leaves an Important Message	Roger Melin	00:09:04
Play 20	Michael Phelan to the Rescue	Roger Melin	00:14:11
Play 21	Travers Gladwin Goes in Search of Himself	Roger Melin	00:10:37
Play 22	A Millionaire Policeman on Patrol	Roger Melin	00:14:03
Play 23	Old Grim Barnes Gets a Thrill	Roger Melin	00:10:00
Play 24	Auntie Takes the Trail	Roger Melin	00:17:43
Play 25	Phelan Meets His Uniform Again	Roger Melin	00:13:30
Play 26	Gladwin Meets Himself	Roger Melin	00:16:56
Play 27	Misadventures of Whitney Barnes	Roger Melin	00:12:03
Play 28	An Instance of Epic Nerve	Roger Melin	00:07:48
Play 29	In Which the Hero is Kept on the Hop	Roger Melin	00:14:45
Play 30	Gladwin Comes Out of His Shell	Roger Melin	00:07:53
Play 31	A Visit to the Exiled Phelan	Roger Melin	00:11:26
Play 32	In Which Bluff is Trumps	Roger Melin	00:11:59
Play 33	Bateato Summons Big Much Police	Roger Melin	00:09:06
Play 34	Phelan Loses His Bribe	Roger Melin	00:11:53
Play 35	Bateato Keeps His Promise	Roger Melin	00:16:47
Play 36	Repartee and a Revolver Muzzle	Roger Melin	00:11:12
Play 37	Handcuffs and Love	Roger Melin	00:12:41
Play 38	Kearney Meets His Match	Roger Melin	00:10:58
Play 39	Piling On Phelan's Agony	Roger Melin	00:13:19
Play 40	Striking While the Iron is Hot	Roger Melin	00:11:39
Play 41	The Escape	Roger Melin	00:09:03
Play 42	Michael Phelan's Predicament	Roger Melin	00:10:24
Play 43	The Circumvention of Auntie	Roger Melin	00:09:31
Play 44	Miss Featherington's Shattered Dream	Roger Melin	00:08:00

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