“It’s a cinch to stick up a bank nowadays…!” boasted Frank Heberdon, socially prominent young lawyer. Goaded by his friends into making the attempt he just escapes capture due to the help of a beautiful and mysterious girl.
A strange and inescapable force lures Frank on to this life of crime, and he finds his lovely rescuer in a denizen of the underworld where they join forces.
The development of ...
Hulbert Footner - A Self-Made Thief
A Self-Made Thief
Hulbert Footner
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“It’s a cinch to stick up a bank nowadays…!” boasted Frank Heberdon, socially prominent young lawyer. Goaded by his friends into making the attempt he just escapes capture due to the help of a beautiful and mysterious girl.
A strange and inescapable force lures Frank on to this life of crime, and he finds his lovely rescuer in a denizen of the underworld where they join forces.
The development of Frank’s criminal career and the way he goes from theft and blackmail to drugs and finally murder makes as thrilling and absorbing a tale as Hulbert Footner ever wrote—with a smashing surprise at the very end.