The Bradys and the Hip Sing Ling by A New York Detective
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ePublished by
June 2026
Originally published July 7, 1905
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
ePublished by
June 2026
Originally published July 7, 1905
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
A nickel weekly originally published July 7, 1905, number 337 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 the Hip Sing Ling; or, After the Chinese Free Masons has the Bradys operating within the Chinese immigrant culture of New York City trying to recover some stolen black pearls which are coveted by an ancient Chinese religious cult.
Interestingly, the age of Old King Brady is for once dealt with by the writers of the series, when the older Brady expresses some doubt about his ability to maintain his level of proficiency in the detective profession and wonders if it might not be time to retire. We readers know that he is not even halfway through the Secret Service series, but he doesn’t know that.
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.
Interestingly, the age of Old King Brady is for once dealt with by the writers of the series, when the older Brady expresses some doubt about his ability to maintain his level of proficiency in the detective profession and wonders if it might not be time to retire. We readers know that he is not even halfway through the Secret Service series, but he doesn’t know that.
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.