The Bradys and Dr. Ding by A New York Detective
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January 2026
Originally published May 11, 1906
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
ePublished by
January 2026
Originally published May 11, 1906
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
A nickel weekly originally published May 11, 1906, number 381 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 Bradys and Dr. Ding; or, Dealings with a Chinese Magician has the Bradys travelling to San Francisco from their home base in New York City to unravel the mystery of a young woman who went missing in China years before and was thought dead, but then was unexpectedly spotted in a Chinese magician’s act on a stage in New York. When they follow that act to San Francisco, the Bradys learn more about Chinese culture and hypnotism than they ever knew before.
At more than 25,000 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 25,000 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.