The Complete Detective Pennington Wise Series

Book excerpt: Pennington "Penny" Wise is a young, eccentric detective, but clear cut of brain, mind and intelligence, always on the lookout for an interesting case, for he would engage in no others. Table of Contents: The Room with the Tassels The Man Who Fell Through the Earth In the Onyx Lobby The Come-Back The Luminous Face The Vanishing of Betty Varian Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet. At the beginning of the career she concentrated on poetry, humor and children's books, but later devoted herself to the mystery genre. Among the most famous of her mystery novels were the Fleming Stone Detective Stories, and Pennington Wise series. She also wrote several Sherlock Holmes stories.