Download or read book The Chase of the Golden Plate written by Jacques Futrelle and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Futrelle's first published book-length story featuring the arrogant, cocaine-taking, large-headed Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine" A high-society fancy-dress party falls victim to a robbery— confusions of identity, long-held grudges, romance, and honor all appear in the excitement that follows. Jacques Futrelle was an American journalist and detective-story writer and Van Dusen was his most famous detective character, appearing in a number of his works.