Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch

About Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch

Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch is a fast-moving detective novel set amid the spectacle and confusion of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Carl Masters, an experienced member of the Secret Service, arrives at the White City with his fellow detective, Dave Brainerd. Their mission is to identify and capture Greenback Bob, a counterfeiter, and Delbras, a sophisticated criminal connected with theft and deception. Surrounded by magnificent buildings, crowded exhibitions, foreign villages, lagoons, and thousands of visitors, the detectives discover that the fair provides perfect cover for confidence men and dangerous conspirators. Masters relies on careful observation, disguises, patience, and intelligent deduction rather than dramatic heroics. A seemingly ordinary encounter with a rural couple soon exposes an attempted swindle and leads him deeper into a network of suspicious characters. As people disappear and new threats emerge, the investigation expands into a tense search involving hidden identities, robbery, betrayal, and personal danger. Blending mystery with a vivid portrait of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Against Odds offers suspense, historical atmosphere, and an engaging view of early American detective work. Lawrence L. Lynch builds the story through steadily developing clues, memorable encounters, and unexpected turns that keep the outcome uncertain until the final chapters.

Publisher

Mentor New York

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jul 2023

Latest episode

16 Jul 2023

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jul 2023

   After All

2. 

   16 Jul 2023

   "Eureka!"

3. 

   16 Jul 2023

   "A Mercyful Dispensayshun"