The Master of Mysteries by Gelett Burgess
"From the inspired mystic to the man of practical analytic mind, the transition was instantaneous..."Astro, the Seer of Secrets, and his lovely assistant, Valeska, sound more like a magic act than a private detection team. Astro, in fact, hides his powers of observation and reasoning beneath a turban and a cape, pretending to read palms and consult crystals while in fact keenly observing details that most people-police included-miss. Valeska, his beautiful blond protege, assists Astro with his investigations, all the while honing her own skills. Called upon by believers and skeptics both, they adeptly recover what is missing-a rare Shakespeare folio, a missing husband, a kidnapped child-while also solving actual murders. But it is their burgeoning romance, and their mutual zeal to work pro bono where matters of the heart are at stake, that set this crime-solving duo apart.
In 1866, Frank Gelett Burgess was born in Boston. After graduating from MIT in 1887, he relocated to California to teach at the University of California. Cal Berkeley is a university in Berkeley, California. He authored several amusing books, poems, and stories while there, as well as afterwards in New York and Paris, many of which are still in print, including Goops and How to Be Them, More Goops and How Not to Be Them, and The Purple Cow. Burgess died in Carmel, California, in 1951.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781728264011 |
| ISBN 10 | 1728264014 |
| Title | The Master of Mysteries |
| Author | Gelett Burgess |
| Series | Library Of Congress Crime Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Year published | 2023-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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