The Bradys’ Silent Search by A New York Detective
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August 2026
Originally published February 7, 1913
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
ePublished by
August 2026
Originally published February 7, 1913
Nickel weekly
Author: A New York Detective
A nickel weekly originally published February 7, 1913, number 733 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’ Silent Search; or, Tracking the Deaf and Dumb Gang has the Bradys getting involved with a notorious gang that uses sign language to communicate with each other in the midst of their heists, robberies, and safe cracking.
Somehow this makes the gang impossible to nab, although it never is made totally clear to readers how using sign language aids them in their criminal endeavors; plus, as the story progresses the reader will see that there are no actual deaf people involved at all, putting the lie to this issue’s subtitle, “Tracking the Deaf and Dumb Gang.”
At more than 22,000 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.
Somehow this makes the gang impossible to nab, although it never is made totally clear to readers how using sign language aids them in their criminal endeavors; plus, as the story progresses the reader will see that there are no actual deaf people involved at all, putting the lie to this issue’s subtitle, “Tracking the Deaf and Dumb Gang.”
At more than 22,000 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.