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Against Odds

Public domain audiobook

Against Odds

by Lawrence L. Lynch

English· 10:27:04· 35 chapters
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)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    "Chicargo Gits My Money"

    22:11
  2. Chapter 2

    "I Told My Tale Of Woe"

    28:03
  3. Chapter 3

    A Conundrum

    18:54
  4. Chapter 4

    "I Can't Make Myself like Him"

    19:44
  5. Chapter 5

    "It's All A Miracle"

    20:27
  6. Chapter 6

    "A Criminal Hunt"

    17:24
  7. Chapter 7

    "It Was Greenback Bob"

    24:23
  8. Chapter 8

    "Straight from The Shoulder"

    14:28
  9. Chapter 9

    In Disguise

    19:05
  10. Chapter 10

    Carl Masters

    17:35
  11. Chapter 11

    "I Dislike A Mystery"

    20:47
  12. Chapter 12

    "More Dangerous Than Hate"

    21:58
  13. Chapter 13

    Face To Face With Delbras

    17:56
  14. Chapter 14

    Missing - Carte Blanche

    21:56
  15. Chapter 15

    The King Of Confidence Men

    15:26
  16. Chapter 16

    That Little Decoy

    11:36
  17. Chapter 17

    "Those Two Women"

    21:09
  18. Chapter 18

    "If You'll Find One, I'll Find The Other"

    13:07
  19. Chapter 19

    "Strange! Mistaken! Heartless!"

    12:02
  20. Chapter 20

    "We Must Understand Each Other"

    25:49
  21. Chapter 21

    "Let Me Laugh"

    20:55
  22. Chapter 22

    "There Is Danger - Near!"

    25:29
  23. Chapter 23

    "You Are Suffering In My Stead"

    15:18
  24. Chapter 24

    "It Is Our First Clue"

    11:52
  25. Chapter 25

    "It's A Snare"

    12:18
  26. Chapter 26

    A Columbian Guard

    07:59
  27. Chapter 27

    "I'd Swear To Them Hands Anywhere"

    21:35
  28. Chapter 28

    "Now Down!"

    17:40
  29. Chapter 29

    "Fire! Fire! Fire!"

    11:41
  30. Chapter 30

    "It Shall Not Be All Suspense"

    08:26
  31. Chapter 31

    Sir Carroll Rae

    10:30
  32. Chapter 32

    Found Dead

    17:57
  33. Chapter 33

    "A Mercyful Dispensayshun"

    23:50
  34. Chapter 34

    "Eureka!"

    16:54
  35. Chapter 35

    After All

    20:40