The Queen of Chinatown by A New York Detective
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October 2022
Originally published July 20, 1900
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
ePublished by
October 2022
Originally published July 20, 1900
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
Number 78 in the popular “Secret Service” series featuring “Old and Young King Brady, Detectives” which started January 27, 1899, and came out like clockwork every Friday for more than two decades—by which time well more than a thousand issues had been published—The Queen of Chinatown; or, The Bradys Among the “Hop” Fiends has the famous sleuths pitting their wits against a beautiful woman who runs an opium den in New York City, as they attempt to solve both the mystery of an illegal distillery and the murder of the “Queen’s” business partner in the very carriage in which she was riding.
At more than 24,000 words, this novella-sized work of pulp fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.
At more than 24,000 words, this novella-sized work of pulp fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.