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The Chase of the Golden Plate

Jacques Futrelle

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .A story?" inquired Hatch carelessly as the detective hung up the receiver.

"Doesn't amount to anything," was the reply.

"Yes, that's obvious," remarked the reporter drily.

"Well, whatever it is, it is not going to be made public," retorted the Supreme Intelligence sharply. He never did like Hatch, anyway. "It's one of those things that don't do any good in the newspapers, so I'll not let this one get there."

Hatch yawned to show that he had no further interest in the matter, and went out. But there was the germ of an idea in his head which would have startled Detective Mallory, and he paced up and down outside to develop it. A girl missing! A red-headed girl missing! A red-headed girl missing since Thursday! Thursday was the night of the Randolph masked ball. The missing Girl of the West was red-headed! Mallory had seemed astonished when he learned the name of the person who reported this last case! Therefore the person who reported it. . . Read More

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Dari segi premise, penulisan, alur cerita dan misteri pencurian yang dibawakan novel ini sebenarnya cukup bagus. Membaca pembukaan kisah di mana sedang berlangsungnya sebuah pesta kostum seru, sekian banyak skenario apa yang mungkin terjadi langsung memenuhi benakku. Mengasyikkan tampaknya.

Namun kem

Sudah lama sejak membaca kisah bergenre misteri-detektif, buku ini membawa angin segar. Meski gaya bahasanya terkesan kurang luwes (yang sepertinya bukan karena penerjemahannya tetapi memang ini karya klasik yang sudah hadir sejak lebih dari 100 tahun lalu sehingga membentuk gap bahasa), aku bisa lu

Cukup menarik.
Terjemahannya asyik. Rasa klasik di terjemahannya kerasa banget. Bahkan cara berbicara sang tokoh perempuan terbayang2.

Futrelle is now remembered for his "Thinking Machine" short stories, but this is a light bit of romantic fluff with a thread of mystery/detection running through it. If you have a taste for turn of the century romances (such as Robert W. Chambers) this is a pleasant diversion. If you are expecting a

At a masked ball at the home of Mr Stuyvesant Randolph gold plates are stolen. Presumed by people to be by people dressed as a burglar and cowgirl. Reporter, Hutchinson Hatch investigates. But soon approaches detective Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Risen a.k.a. The Thinking Machine to solve the case

Selected on the strength or, more appropriately, immense likeability of The Diamond Master, this mystery has Futrelle's detective extraordinaire The Thinking Machine. I suppose at that time all authors wanted to be Conan Doyle and create their own Sherlocks. Futrelle has tried, but of course Sherloc

There's not a lot to this novella, but what little there is is well worth the time. All in all, a quick, enjoyable read from the turn of the century--the last century, not this one.

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