Jacques Futrelle
(1875–1912)

American journalist and mystery writer; 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

Jacques Futrelle

Works

Novels

  • The Chase of the Golden Plate (1906) (external scan)
  • The Simple Case of Susan (1908)
  • The Diamond Master (1909 (external scan)
  • Elusive Isabel (1909) (external scan)
  • The High Hand (1911) (external scan)
    • "The High Hand" (1910, Saturday Evening Post) (serial)
  • My Lady's Garter (1912) (external scan)
  • Blind Man's Bluff (1914)

Short story collections

  • The Thinking Machine: The Enigmatic Problems of Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph. D., LL. D., F. R. S., M. D., M. D. S. (1907)
    • The Problem of Cell 13 — The Scarlet Thread — The Man Who Was Lost — The Great Auto Mystery — The Flaming Phantom — The Ralston Bank Burglary — The Mystery of a Studio
  • The Problem of Cell 13 (1918); a reprint of The Thinking Machine (1907)
  • The Thinking Machine on the Case (1908), UK title The Professor on the Case
  • The Stolen Reubens

Individual stories

Works from periodicals

The Thinking Machine stories

  • The Brown Coat
  • Dressing room A
  • "The House That Was": The Grinning God, Part II
  • The Fatal Cipher
  • My First Experience With the great Logician
  • The Jackdaw Girl
  • The Man Who Was Lost
  • The Motor Boat
  • The Mystery of the Grip of Death
  • A Piece of String
  • The Phantom Motor
  • The Problem of the Auto Cab
  • The Problem of the Broken Bracelet
  • The Problem of the Cross Mark
  • The Problem of Cell 13
  • The Problem of the Deserted House
  • The Problem of the Hidden Million
  • The Problem of the Red Rose
  • The Problem of the Stolen Rubens
  • The Ralston Bank Burglary
  • The Roswell Tiara
  • The Silver Box
  • The Superfluous Finger
  • The Thinking Machine (1906)


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