Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Der Doppeldolch
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Readers who enjoy fast mysteries of the Prohibition era, clever disguises, secret societies and cowboy chases will feel at home here. It suits anyone who likes a hero who solves cases with wit, nerve and loyal friends.
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The Double Dagger is a detective novel by Nat Ridley Jr., set in the Prohibition years in New York, Texas and Mexico. Its hero, Nat Ridley, is a private detective whose name is known on two continents. He is a master of disguise, a sharp shot, and a man who likes to work things out for himself. The book gives you a chase across a continent, a secret society with a cruel weapon, and a hero who changes his face as often as other men change hats.
It begins in an office on Times Square with a telephone call from a rival. From there the story runs south to the border and into the oil hills of Mexico, where three murders, a kidnapped girl and a fortune in oil wells are tied together. Short chapters, each ending on a jolt, keep the pace quick. In this summary you will meet the main people, follow the trail up to a daring plan, and see how the tale is built. Let us start with the call that opens the case.
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- 1A hated rival begs for helpFree
- 2Nat follows the trail and is hunted
- 3Two men swap faces to fool the gang
- 4South to Texas and a cellar prison
- 5A cowboy, a crooked game and a cliff
- 6Disguise, greed and loyalty drive the tale
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A hated rival begs for help
The story opens in Nat Ridley's private office above Times Square. A telephone call has left him puzzled. Carl Lemberg, the biggest rival in New York's private detective trade, wants to see him at once. Nat's assistant Berry Todd finds this very funny, and warns his chief that Lemberg is a snake in the grass. Nat dislikes the man too, yet he agrees to listen.
Lemberg arrives pale, trembling and glancing over his shoulder. This big, loud man is terrified. He tells Nat that his brother Henry and his uncle August were murdered, each with a dagger through the heart. Then his best operative, Dan Steele, an old friend of Nat's who once worked for him, met the same end in Paloma, Texas. Lemberg expects to be next.
The family owns oil wells near Rolamotaza in Mexico. They bought them from a group of Mexicans, who took their money and vanished. When the wells began to gush, the sellers came back and wanted a share, and threats followed. Each victim carried a grubby card with a drawing of a double dagger, fastened on with a tiny dagger used as a pin. Nat reaches for his books on secret societies, but Lemberg names the sign first. It belongs to the Tola, an old Mexican order thought to have died out.
Moved by the death of his friend, Nat takes the case. He sends Lemberg away by a hidden stairway and a freight entrance, and he sends the pin to a Columbia University professor to be tested. Then he visits Lemberg's office to read Steele's reports, which stop at the moment Steele goes to a secret meeting place. Hours later the office boy Toodles bursts in with a newspaper. The headline tells of a murder in a taxi, and the victim is Carl Lemberg.
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Questions about Der Doppeldolch
What is The Double Dagger about?
It follows New York detective Nat Ridley as he investigates the murders of three members of the Lemberg family and an old friend, all killed by a secret society over valuable oil wells in Mexico.
What is the double dagger in the book?
It is the emblem of the Tola, a secret society. It appears as a drawing on cards, as a tiny pin that holds the cards to the victims, and as a full-sized knife with a blade at each end.
Who is Nat Ridley?
Nat Ridley is a famous private detective with offices on Times Square. He is skilled at disguise, shorthand and shooting, and he works with his assistants Berry Todd, Baldy Stoler and Mary Dotley.
Is The Double Dagger easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that matters. The chapters are short, the dialogue is lively, and every chapter ends on a jolt, so the plot carries you quickly from New York to the Mexican hills.
When is The Double Dagger set?
It is set in the Prohibition years in the United States, a time of bootleg liquor, taxis, night trains and raids, with the later chapters on the Texas border and in the oil country of Mexico.