The Third Round
A fearless detective comes to the aid of a scientist who’s made the discovery of a lifetime.
Professor Goodman, an eccentric chemist, has made the breakthrough of a lifetime: he’s discovered a way to inexpensively manufacture flawless diamonds in the laboratory. To Goodman, the discovery is something that should be shared with the scientific community and the world at large; but to the heads of England’s diamond cartel, the discovery means the ruin of their business and the loss of their fortunes. In panic, they hire master criminal Carl Peterson to make sure the world never learns about Professor Goodman’s formula. Peterson, of course, wants the formula for his own diabolical reasons.
- Listening time
- about 8 h 30 min
- Length
- 78,850 words
- Public domain
- the author died in 1937
- Edition
- Edition and cover by Standard Ebooks, released CC0
- Download in the app
- 456 KB stored on your device
- Language
- English
- Shelf
- Just Added
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How it begins.
With a sigh of pleasure Mr. Edward Blackton opened the windows of his balcony and leaned out, staring over the lake. Opposite, the mountains of Savoy rose steeply from the water; away to the left the Dent du Midi raised its crown of snow above the morning haze. Below him the waters of the lake glittered and scintillated with a thousand fires. A steamer, with much blowing of sirens and reversing of paddle-wheels, had come to rest at a landing-stage hard by, and was taking on board a bevy of tourists, while the gulls circled round shrieking discordantly.
The Third Round · H. C. McNeile
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