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This is for readers who love vintage crime adventure, clever disguises, secret caves and daring rescues. It suits anyone who enjoys fast scenes and colorful rogues.
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Would you take a job where four detectives before you were killed, crippled or frightened out of their wits? That is the offer a railroad president makes to Nick Carter in A Woman at Bay, or a Fiend in Skirts. A band of tramps and safe-breakers, called yeggmen, drains his line of thousands of dollars a month, and nobody can name their chief.
Nicholas Carter is the name on these detective thrillers, built on disguise, ambush and quick thinking. Nick takes his three assistants, Chick, Patsy and Ten-Ichi, and goes to live as a hobo. The prize is fifty thousand dollars if they can convict the gang's king, Hobo Harry. You get the whole chase, from swamp to New York.
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- 1A railroad offers a fortune for Hobo HarryFree
- 2Four disguised men face a ring of yeggmen
- 3The recruit is tested in the swamp and at a bank
- 4Black Madge remembers where she saw him
- 5Patsy rescues his friends and the swamp burns
- 6Nick becomes old Bill Turner in the hills
- 7A mock trial leads Nick into the caves
- 8Laudanum punch ends a gang of one hundred
- 9The Band of Hatred begins its campaign
- 10A night at Mike Grinnel's dive
- 11How the book is told and what it values
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A railroad offers a fortune for Hobo Harry
The story opens at a campfire where four rough men have finished a meal. They speak in tramp slang, but they are Nick Carter and his assistants. The book then goes back one week to show how they came to be there.
The president of the railroad tells Nick that Hobo Harry, king of the yeggmen, directs thefts along five hundred miles of track. Eight men have been arrested, and each confessed to being Hobo Harry. After every arrest the robberies grew worse. The board offers fifty thousand dollars if Nick finds the real chief and proves who he is.
Nick accepts on his own terms. He sets no deadline, and nobody is to contact him. He tells his helpers they must live as hoboes and stay in character even if arrested. Nick wins by becoming the role completely.
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- LengthAbout 62,200 words
- Reading timeAbout 4 h 20 min
Questions about Une femme aux abois, ou un démon en jupons
What is A Woman at Bay about?
Nick Carter and his three assistants pose as tramps to catch Hobo Harry, the king of a railroad gang. They find a woman named Black Madge leading it, and the hunt moves from a swamp to caves and then New York.
Who is Black Madge?
Black Madge is a young woman of French and Italian parentage who rules the yeggmen as Hobo Harry. She has a quick mind, strong arms and a memory for faces. After Nick defeats her, she vows revenge.
What is a yeggman?
In this book a yeggman is a tramp thief who breaks into freight cars, post offices, banks and safes along the railroad. The gang that Nick hunts is organized under one hidden leader.
Who are Chick, Patsy and Ten-Ichi?
They are Nick Carter's three assistants. Chick is steady and loyal, Patsy is the youngest and boldest, and Ten-Ichi is Japanese and a skilled fighter. Each plays a part in the camp, the rescue and the long chase.
Is A Woman at Bay easy to read?
The book is made of short chapters with clear plots, lively talk and frequent moments of suspense. Its disguises, escapes and duel between detective and villain keep the story easy to follow.
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Carter, Nicholas. A Woman at Bay; Or, a Fiend in Skirts. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-woman-at-bay-or-a-fiend-in-skirts.
Carter, N. (2026). A woman at bay; or, a fiend in skirts. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-woman-at-bay-or-a-fiend-in-skirts
Carter, Nicholas. A Woman at Bay; Or, a Fiend in Skirts. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-woman-at-bay-or-a-fiend-in-skirts.
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