This
mystery
introduces
one of
the most
nimble-witted
and
light-fingered
crooks
ever to
steal a
pearl
necklace
from the
unsuspecting
neck of
a
dowager
countess.
The
world
knew him
as Lucky
John
Mannering,
for he
almost
invariably
bet on
the
right
horse or
the
winning
number.
But the
police
were
looking
for the
Baron, a
wily
crook
whom
they
knew as
one who
wore a
blue
mask and
always
left his
name
about
near the
scene of
his
clever
thefts.
Honest
Detective
Inspector
Bill
Bristow
is the
man who
is the
Baron's
pursuer,
but so
little
does he
suspect
John
Mannering
that he
deputizes
him to
search
for
himself
!
The
Baron
finally
gets
into
such a
tight
place
that
only the
most
ingenious
of
planning
is able
to
extricate
him ...
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Light-fingered,
nimble-witted
Luck
John
Mannering
has
returned.
Known in
the best
circles
of
London
society
as the
attractive
and
extremely
likeable
John
Mannering,
as
"The
Baron"
he
performs
amazing
feats of
daring,
and
contrives
prodigiously
difficult
burglaries.
That his
friend,
Detective
Inspector
Bill
Bristow
of
Scotland
Yard,
suspects
him,
does not
deter
the
Baron in
the
slightest,
and with
magnificent
sang
froid he
continues
his work
almost
under
the very
eyes of
the
police.
This
time the
Baron
does
Lord
Fauntley
a good
turn,
and by a
clever
theft
and
brilliant
methods
he is
able to
reestablish
his
friend's
tottering
fortunes.
A rival
thief
and a
medieval
castle
figure
largely
in this
new
story of
the man
in the
blue
mask ...
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Lucky
John
Mannering,
handsome
man-about-town,
went to
Paris to
buy the
famous
Dellamont
Emeralds.
The
jewel
merchant
warned
Mannering
of the
ill-luck
that
followed
every
owner of
these
Emeralds
of
Discord,
but
buying
jewels
honestly
made
Mannering
laugh at
such
superstition
-- he
had
faith in
his
amazing
luck
which
had made
him
almost a
hero in
the mind
of the
public
when he
was
active
as the
Man in
the Blue
Mask.
But in
less
than 24
hours
Mannering
is
awakened
in the
night to
realize
he is
being
made the
victim
of
robbery
-- and
by a man
masked
in the
well-known
blue
scarf,
the
feature
of the
Man in
the Blue
Mask!
Irony of
ironies:
must he
take up
his
former
dangerous
activities
to break
up the
daring
gang
using
his
sobriquet
as an
alias ?
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Though
ostensibly
retired
from his
sensational
career
as jewel
thief,
debonair
John
Mannering,
London's
most
eligible
bachelor,
is once
again
forced
to take
up his
adventures
outside
the
law.
This
time a
necklace
destined
for
John's
famous
collection
is
stolen
and the
bearer
murdered.
Incensed
at the
cold-blooded
killing,
Mannering
as Blue
Mask
throws
himself
into the
hunt for
the
thieves.
Because
the
stolen
gems are
the Five
Stars of
Louis
Quinze
taken
from
Versailles,
and
because
Scotland
Yard's
Chief
Inspector
narrowly
escapes
death at
the
hands of
the
gang,
the
chase is
one of
the most
desperate
and
ruthless
in
Mannering's
career.
Now
helping
the
police,
now
trying
to evade
their
suspicions,
Mannering
follows
a trail
which,
leading
into the
murky
shadows
of the
sinister
dope
racket,
is lined
every
step of
the way
with
adventure
and
thrills
...
