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What if sensing more than everyone around you brings danger closer?
In Karl Grier, Louis Tracy places a man with a sixth sense at the heart of a mystery. His strange gift sets him apart from those around him. Unusual perception, rising peril and the pull of love share the stage in a story where danger and desire sit close together.
The novel belongs to the world of Victorian sensation fiction, where uncanny powers meet mystery and romance. Tracy offers a clear plot, strong contrasts between good and bad characters, and chapters that close on suspense. For Karl Grier, the promise of extraordinary knowledge comes with the pressure of danger and feeling.
What you’ll discover
- A man set apart Meet Karl Grier, whose sixth sense makes him unlike the people around him.
- The pull of the uncanny Explore a mystery that gives strange perception a place beside danger and desire.
- Romance amid the peril Follow the romantic thread that brings feeling into a story of unusual powers.
- Suspense at chapter's end Let each suspenseful chapter ending draw you onward through Tracy's clear plot.
- A taste of sensation fiction Enter a world of sharp moral contrasts, odd gifts and gathering danger.
Who will love it
Readers drawn to Victorian mysteries with a scientific edge, telepathy and early electricity will enjoy this book. It also suits lovers of romantic triangles, music and travel.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A child hears meaning before he learns words
- A doctor and a rescue at sea test the gift
- School dims the gift and Oxford wakes it
- A trance in Oxford carries him to New York
- Maggie shares the vision and sounds a warning
- Five years later a rival and a deadline appear
- Karl makes Steindal sing and Hooper plans a way out
- Love works here as a natural force
- Science and doubt shape the cost of the gift
- A talkative friend tells it with music and wit
Who’s who
- Karl GrierA tall, hearty Scot with a sixth sense that sees and hears across great distances, he wants to protect those he loves.
- Maggie HutchinsonA gifted singer and Karl's childhood friend, she shares his sense and wants to keep him safe from the pull between them.
- Frank HooperA sharp American law student and Karl's friend, he tests the gift like a lawyer and wants to find a way out.
- Wilhelm SteindalA smooth, vain theater agent from New York who wants to control Maggie's career and later seeks revenge on Karl.
- Paul ConstantineA rich Armenian rescued from the sea as a young man, he wants to marry Maggie and fears Karl.
- Nora CazenoveA handsome, fiery daughter of Lord Sandilands, she is engaged to Karl and wants to hold him.
- Sir William MacphersonA Scottish doctor who first sees Karl's powers and wants to explain them as a function of the brain.
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Karl Grier
by Louis Tracy
A boy with a bleeding nose sees bandits at a distance, and years later his gift draws two women into danger.
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What if a six-year-old boy could sit in a cane chair on a veranda in Darjeeling and hear bandits plotting two miles away? By the end of that night, the boy has a bleeding nose and a gang is under arrest.
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A child hears meaning before he learns words
The narrator, a journalist and friend, promises to set down events that many scholars would laugh at. Karl Grier once held a sixth sense that the friends named telegnomy, or far-knowing. The narrator asks only that the facts be allowed to speak.
The gift begins in a house of many tongues. Karl grows up on a tea plantation near Darjeeling, with a Scottish father, a German mother, a French nurse and a Muslim servant. When he falls from the veranda at four, each adult cries out in a different language, and the child grasps every shade of meaning. He decides later that sounds, not words, carried the ideas.
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Tracy, Louis. Karl Grier. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/karl-grier.
Tracy, L. (2026). Karl Grier. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/karl-grier
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What is Karl Grier about?
It tells of Karl Grier, a man born with a sixth sense that lets him hear and see events far away. The story follows his childhood, his friendship with Maggie Hutchinson, and a conflict with a ruthless agent.
What is telegnomy in Karl Grier?
Telegnomy, or far-knowing, is the name Karl and his friend the narrator give to his sixth sense. It lets him see and hear distant events, and the book explains it with images from electricity and wireless.
Who are Maggie Hutchinson and Nora Cazenove?
Maggie is Karl's childhood friend, a singer who shares his unusual sense and a deep bond with him. Nora is the daughter of Lord Sandilands, a spirited woman engaged to Karl, and a key rival in the story.
The author
Louis Tracy
1863–1928 · British novelist
Louis Tracy was a British writer who lived from 1863 to 1928. He was born in Liverpool, England, and wrote novels, including mysteries and romances. His books included The Albert Gate Mystery, published in 1904, The Silent Barrier, published in 1910, and One Wonderful Night, published in 1912.
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