The Amateur
1999
First Published
3.45
Average Rating
36
Number of Pages
Crime journalist Austin Ford is used to playing the role of amateur sleuth as part of his profession, but when a fellow passenger on a ship bound for England finds out that her husband has gone missing, she implores Ford to put his skills to work to solve a case that might just be of life-or-death importance.
Avg Rating
3.45
Number of Ratings
33
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author
Richard Harding Davis
Author · 28 books
Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
