The Mischief Maker is a thrilling novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story follows the life of a young man named Richard Viner who inherits a fortune from his uncle. However, Richard's newfound wealth attracts the attention of a group of criminals who are determined to get their hands on his money. The leader of the gang is a mastermind known as ""The Mischief Maker"" who is notorious for his ability to manipulate people and events to his advantage.As Richard becomes embroiled in the criminal underworld, he must ...
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The Mischief Maker is a thrilling novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story follows the life of a young man named Richard Viner who inherits a fortune from his uncle. However, Richard's newfound wealth attracts the attention of a group of criminals who are determined to get their hands on his money. The leader of the gang is a mastermind known as ""The Mischief Maker"" who is notorious for his ability to manipulate people and events to his advantage.As Richard becomes embroiled in the criminal underworld, he must use all of his wits and resources to outsmart The Mischief Maker and protect his inheritance. Along the way, he meets a cast of intriguing characters including a beautiful young woman named Sylvia, who becomes his ally in the fight against the criminals.The Mischief Maker is a fast-paced and suspenseful novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Oppenheim's skillful writing and intricate plot twists make this book a must-read for fans of crime fiction and mystery novels.1913. A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. He also wrote under the name of Anthony Partridge. The Mischief Maker begins: The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn. The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups. Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a chateau, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day. There were flowers everywhere-beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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