Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic
    A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic
    A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic
    Ebook267 pages2 hours

    A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic

    By John R. Coryell

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A Woman at Bay, or a Fiend in Skirts is an adventure novel from the series of celebrated Nick Carter detective stories. In this thriller classic the king of detectives and a master of disguise crosses swords with Black Madge, a notorious outlaw and the queen of bandits and vagabonds. After few encounters Black Madge gathers a team of villains and they try to hunt him down, but Nick finds out about that and he strikes back. Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMusaicum Books
    Release dateJun 21, 2017
    ISBN9788075834201
    A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic

    Read more from John R. Coryell

    Related to A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery)

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      ‘Each Envelope Was A Treasure’: How I Became Le Carré’s Friend And Reader

      Oct 8, 2022

      I’d seen the man on several occasions, seated in a corner of my local pub. I was clueless as to who he was. Then, in the aftermath of the Iraq war, I went to the Wells Tavern [in Hampstead] with a journalist, who knew the white-haired, conservatively

      3 min read

    • Article

      My Father, the Negotiator

      May 21, 2022

      My Father, the Negotiator
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Power Of One Book

      Jun 8, 2023

      The Power Of One Book
      5 min read

    • Article

      "These Are Invariably People Who Have Been Betrayed At Every Stage. You Need To Build Trust"

      Aug 3, 2023

      What’s the overarching idea of History on the Edge? It’s about stories that have slipped through the cracks of history. It’s investigative journalism, but looking into things that happened in the past that people should know about – particularly if t

      2 min read

    • Article

      My Cuppa With The Krays

      Sep 22, 2021

      My Cuppa With The Krays
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Rocket Full Of Posie

      Apr 9, 2023

      Man, people are cranky. And shouty. And downright silly. Particularly politicians. And, generally speaking, the whole damn world. There has been a lot of loose trolling going on. You could have written the script for the carry-on about British anti-t

      4 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Feb 19, 2021

      At a local newspaper in South East London in 1957, journalist Jean Swinney receives a curious letter written to the editor. Gretchen Tilbury – abeautiful, well-to-do woman – claims her 10-year-old daughter is the product of a virgin birth. Gretchen h

      5 min read

    • Article

      Rez Life

      Aug 1, 2022

      Rez Life
      19 min read

    • Article

      Two-Stroke Toilets: The trouble with time travel.

      May 8, 2014

      What’s this?” I said, looking down at the change the old woman had put down on the counter between us. There were bills of the wrong size and color, clunky-seeming coins that were too big and too dull. I stirred a finger in the little pile. She glanc

      31 min read

    • Article

      Black Stump Hotel, Merriwagga

      Nov 14, 2018

      Black Stump Hotel, Merriwagga
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Tichborne Case

      Mar 8, 2024

      The Tichborne Case
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Thrill Of The Chase

      Oct 6, 2022

      Robert Harris is, without a doubt, the master writer of political thrillers of our times – the author of contemporary classics like Fatherland, Enigma and Pompeii. His latest, Act of Oblivion, is a stunning story of a divided nation – England in the

      10 min read

    • Article

      Bless You Father

      Jul 7, 2022

      Bless You Father
      10 min read

    • Article

      Bless You Father

      Jul 7, 2022

      Bless You Father
      10 min read

    • Article

      79 The Terrible Grinning Men

      Sep 10, 2020

      79 The Terrible Grinning Men
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Glaring Absence

      Feb 12, 2023

      Look out! She’s behind you! That old pantomime trope didn’t need to be spelled out on Waitangi Day this year. Titewhai Harawira may have gone to the great marae in the sky, but her eagle eye was still on you politicians. So behave. Waitangi Day witho

      4 min read

    • Article

      Royal Revenge

      Sep 29, 2022

      What prompted you to write about the regicides? I saw a tweet referring to the greatest manhunt of the 17th century. The conjunction of “manhunt” and “17th century” intrigued me. And the more I read about it, the more intrigued I became, because it s

      1 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Mar 23, 2023

      The unofficial Christmas truce of 1914 certainly did occur [Mythconceptions #263, FT426:19]. In her book 1914-1918: Voices and Images of the Great War, Lyn Macdonald, the noted historian of WW1, quotes Lieut Johannes Niemann of the 133rd Royal Saxon

      11 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Aug 12, 2021

      Children who remember past lives [FT405:25] may be explained most simply by reincarnation, but also by temporary displacement of a child’s consciousness by another entity or recurring hallucinations mingled with clairvoyance and telepathy. In Beyond

      13 min read

    • Article

      Sebastian Faulks: ‘The Last Remaining Human Species Needn’t Have Been So Violent And Clever As We Are’

      Aug 26, 2023

      Your new novel, The Seventh Son, begins with an experiment at an IVF clinic that stretches the bounds of scientific knowledge and ethics. What inspired you to address this subject?It’s something that’s been kicking around in my mind since I wrote Hum

      4 min read

    • Article

      Seller Beware

      Aug 11, 2020

      Seller Beware
      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery)

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A WOMAN AT BAY (Nick Carter Mystery) - John R. Coryell

      \ebook_preview_excerpt.html\˒Ƒt+LohY$dABM+9' mMgtꑕ'/4˯<ű|g/?c_?4þp=^—7~)lȧ)Sƣ[yl%1Lm8=9Vc ]ی!ufJ1o7^4aKvHy㘺p45ԄI8ywccQ[voR?hUח ǵ7aLÜ0N$Q<[FN'p006]̹8C:f  s9a)a?m|M-Ҷ1tM8cvN "E|N2aO/pE?ye) g|z/<-RKFz|-‹D{ʱ{:aKb阮ǩ9y\[S/04z?hov@0X._vs_'jkPsLC㯻axZ9ʜ8B6 bS8pOwôZiQ| )54L 4azilaYj!;käJUTpfϘ۠J&̆Š9|p:#Od^9sz騆Yyfe˽o!S yh?P8>6$vPz1{Ja'#N}h$\:s^zskKṠoFvit2i;kJ,#nCG1FcExu9i0V>MV"1B5C KaJEa14^d;]13q|mD^:piN=Zy:"f'm,l95w Ow'+ĆnЫn:JqFp 3sp\Ll?ۮ9QElFuÃ'.^i.^E|7%->&)O}| 9Lj}? 5 gD|kQhyj~{n~ϟ?F<sѨՒi1<$NOU8 <@_LZ{GÚC b1«M#'0u*®u:l<@䡵f8H|"/~dsfsGRh.kw^ |j~o~r5GͰѧcĔ(.'B,[ N8n\t|rd$cG N2šl2fn~py0T\v8:ֲ\Y-8Ȉ t.Q&[5)ۉqYRNB܋jbh]M+coX2G҉N$ LS27 Q1;rǬDĖRL GDq#Crh8J˖$@[nLiЪ"]xRBj)݂<.s,t+q'7]޹TA ^A"U3FmK.^/CA3J|g^IDbGM8@)"f:U>3sG]г]Ȯ6Σ&*S?,Z,Bdg`؊+'T}񌨀g&{^rB-泄-U~Lae^@{=Q֌Y p`Ys4FZ`> 8=Q$QiskiYZgCz)=C7c4^i,P<"O q=5R< QR2x3~Em E$vlRQF}R4e2P֔w;z'Ϣɷ@4ކ-u(2_3sgȫs7>ɠ3Dťt;Fk I@18齆R_ˉu\h?]q$gLǧO}g/O%u:+ghGbj8Xg-lPUlպLXyƢmsCT5ڋ/>>1mt3ɩ3Mbk`?ݑtD?NܧDI'hIB)CEF&WS 7!EJQ K{WOe澧ep}aj, U0pxK"Bu`0~f0RN)ݤJYPbQOwyv83"J>3[ vvxɩ(h ی6)S *7X@Q![#+C5SPG$4 GJ)u%W_{q?GaF>U4*G aĭ^ ; EUVWOb[н2T;wţ^v!)4B2ipEk\͎CcJtf8iY Tl/LGʍuoDH4\؂֨fl0XҊDjT=&esdĞ*_uꌛ=!%PX" YrM*WIXa}٣ifB,@*͑eR8鞢K> Wy0aZnZVg>E.#&VFWoH DayNv iE塩t{QVK7d,6q+ַ<@1Z?jY7T3[%}&8}{U71ۭb zv*T K[=A)m& )6iuKIXc+9c8,.VI= QB,Y( &M1 F ~N 4dMgI ye?MfDbШ[ճ.o;s,UJeIYʵ>q 0j_c^(( ¸%s|G5R.u kVv  p8zi fixj..)1GJ1_NSJhF+6e|+3Xj*-Q0{IccqU7&O>eB`'?ד; -uZiW*^y>V-O:XeDUZ˂[KT_xj['7*_Җھrn`*"v~ VujR[J:Ho ijeo7#[u/BZPS^{`Ɋ`h$U ׄYLQF>CP$ȡGjR{oF6Fq 7֖qV:S.+'jciv")IN`G{2N]I{y ܖ^1̩{AA(y}:*dfApZ,-,_Xі! T!ixsֲ6Ӌ,>$yQox*J*lYк)aa>0gfK8\b8Sj\%LjVe!Eí.'/"@ma0Ć)DI@9廬HsT<\~jJzGэȮ &FUy k« jAny%c 2 x ݰV_Y(}7R2wh0" ^GjK30ܵ`NeNⵈQf) EIn1aIt0R?7*8q2no69eaĂ~=&T`2w:f{qCǽ_KK:s&VǹouW2h&Y`Rʣ{;8MKp;d\]Uq:[B#eg:>{+CUr]gœ֔4bڑ짱Q|BV5"Ѵ)^RQʍkT]iFN賫L8H| tr-ݕ&Do#Qb>d~_!7㠠"`!L5QZm#&|Q&VA SiKh*ZӀ@[v\J&ըq؂V`\ ,#F4a/6ڄ% zG'im s5LCy& a}~P] ?tNXWB.r̛n=nN7&#<R??ޅeEV^Y2-@3׃0e"x,2 -v&ycxWW\f !OyUd6d'ϼf2ݟeś /U nqV DɰJSE]j^b.N']jryRd9fJ1"RItȚH 3/W)U!ޗ~e\]GFO; !,=B̛J6Wm9op%u'Ɯu9B]Rʌ!>SΉ TQUfvq9+QC}Mg{Wƹ}LJBJhc)%r|>^81;֐ ]QWtp@Ӝp}/VTBvv+v:x3 ?2|Nr H-UXpq8-C7&7.[׶`0XqG7ubg&otـ=W^EdvrO|TaVt?/yg9Qs?:-d34:Â~KuЕ]]V|h$RaTъknO2ukd5 -.RZTK_HMxT^'X_pg˾#wɇ0~g;=7N(}ٖ0竵Z'R)Gyዋ,瑚 GzD 3fJ4 gS ZJ#{PAF8#DE)@y6iG P6%Z<=a !V<@A*&"Qw4ݏ\Yޣ[pu7T2H׮U]"I1eʕeη8֛|m0d*auM54.Zޙ.UyLJKh8b+v5g4;FV?dTMj#^^Jr;G]҅RH[*'֪&C>\ ,=u'.!jӱ)IۘF ْKTBMY[j иx0Y]~1'Sq0.Tjו!t\jW)W2Bd˫ԛp~$jE|1ue6[o\/-p08]:m+khD*42 G Fߖ]ѧXGc{=,Q> I$EϬCuz 8|bٵEUy;ϝ?خs+]hK*6BnX^N#ΒNJ.Jq&%mہ{A]o?zYR
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1