49 Tales of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle

This carefully crafted ebook: "49 Tales of The Thinking Machine (49 detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine")" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Professor Van Dusen . is a fictional character in a series of detective short stories and two novels by Jacques Futrelle. Some of the short stories were originally published in The Saturday Evening Post and the Boston American.In the stories Professor Van Dusen solves a variety of different mysteries together with his friend Hutchinson Hatch, reporter of a fictional newspaper called "The Daily New Yorker". The professor is known as the "Thinking Machine", solving problems by the remorseless application of logic. His catchphrases include, "Two and two always equal four," "Nothing is impossible", and "All things that start must go somewhere."Table of Contents :"The Thinking Machine"My first Experience with the great LogicianA Piece of StringThe Problem of the Perfect AlibiThe Problem of the Stolen Bank NotesThe Problem of Convict no. 97The first problemThe Problem of the Crystal GazerFive Millions by WirelessThe Problem of the Green Eyed MonsterThe Problem of the Hidden MillionKidnapped Baby Blake, MillionaireThe Problem of the Missing NecklaceThe Problem of the Motor BoatThe Mystery of the Ralston Bank BurglaryThe Problem of the Opera BoxThe Problem of the Cross MarkThe Problem of the Broken BraceletThe Problem of the Lost RadiumThe Problem of the Stolen RubensThe Problem of the Souvenir CardsThe Problem of the Superfluous FingerThe case of the Scientific MurdererThe Problem of the Deserted HouseThe Mystery of the Fatal CipherThe Mystery of the Flaming PhantomThe Problem of the Ghost WomanThe Mystery of the Golden DaggerThe Great Auto MysteryThe Grinning GodThe Mystery of the Grip of DeathThe Haunted BellThe JackdawThe Problem of the Knotted CordThe Mystery of the Man Who Was LostThe Mystery of a StudioThe Problem of the Organ GrinderThe Phantom MotorThe Problem of the Private CompartmentThe Problem of the Auto CabThe Problem of the Red RoseThe Roswell TiaraThe Mystery of the Scarlet ThreadThe Silver BoxThe three OvercoatsThe Tragedy of the Life RaftThe Problem of Cell 13The Problem of the Vanishing manThe Problem of the Interrupted WirelessJacques Heath Futrelle (1875 - 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his application of logic to any and all situations. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.