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THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY DALE,
GENTLEMAN THIEF
ALIAS “THE GREY SEAL”
REINTRODUCING THE GREATEST ROMANTIC DUO IN SUSPENSE FICTION
BACK AS E-BOOKS, THE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE TRILOGY THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS!
Jimmy Dale was the most brilliant of all thieves, a member of society by day, at night a celebrated cat burglar, “The Grey Seal.” But he was only a pawn in the hands of the “Tocsin,” the mysterious, unseen woman who forced him to steal—for good! With both the police and the underworld baying at his heels, Jimmy Dale uses his criminal talents to right wrongs, save lives and reputations, and expose wrongdoers to the light of day. How could Jimmy help but fall in love with the Tocsin—and how could he know that when he finally found her, he’d be placing her life in the gravest danger and that their adventures would only be beginning!
Frank L. Packard's Incomparable:
The Adventures of Jimmy Dale
The Further Adventures of Jimmy Dale
Jimmy Dale and the Phanton Clue
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(original 1919 book jacket copy)
THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY DALE
By FRANK L. PACKARD
Author of "Greater Love Hath No Man"
STORY OF THE GRAY SEAL.
A story of excitement, intrigue, etc.- which has no equal.
Some of the "crimes" credited to Jimmie Dale are almost unbelievable, but the author has presented an excellent series of adventures in his latest book which far outshine the deeds of " Raffles, the gentleman burglar.
"Jimmie Dale" is wealthy, handsome-beautiful in fact-and respectable. As his father was a builder of burglar-proof safes he, Jimmie, knows all about them : and for the joke of the thing turns burglar and daubs a gray gummed, paper seal as his private mark on some conspicuous place every time he commits a crime. He always returns the loot, and in reality is only playing a game with the police.
A woman, a mysterious woman, discovers his secret. This superman, the "Gray Seal," cleverest of all hand-made Raffles, is not cunning enough to shake her off. When she says, " Lay low for a year, Jimmie," he lies low, and when she sends him a letter saying, "Crack this safe, Jimmie,” he dons his mask and gets out his safe cracker. He poses in the tenderloin as " Larry of the Bat,". and learns all the secrets of thieves, finds a crime club and a pretty girl and dedicates himself paradoxically to the uplift of law and order.
"Beyond doubt the most polished narratives of the underworld yet published." - The New York World
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Soon coming in electronic form from Deerstalker Classics and PageTurner E-Books.
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Read an interview with Frank L. Packard.
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