Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective

This mystery book named Dyke Darrel The Railroad Detective written by Frank Pinkerton is set in and around the cities of St. Louis, Chicago, and New York. It features a large cast of people who keep the plot moving. Dyke Darrel launches a manhunt after looking into a daring train heist that resulted in a friends murder. At its finest, high Victorian serial drama. After reading the crime notice on the midnight express, less than two hours later. There was Dyke Darrel in Chicago. He went to the deceased messengers body and quickly examined it. Darrel immediately saw that Nicholson had put up a valiant battle for his life but had been defeated by a stronger force. The outlaws were already the subject of a $10,000 prize offered for their capture and punishment. In this detective story, Dyke Darrel looks into the death of messenger Arnold Nicholson during the robbery of the Central Railroads midnight express. His sister Nell, who he was scheduled to go on vacation with, assists him. In his pursuit of the offender, Dyke Darrell turns Chicago, "the Gotham of the North," upside down.