Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch

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Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch is a fast-moving detective novel set amid the spectacle and confusion of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Carl Masters, an experienced member of the Secret Service, arrives at the White City with his fellow detective, Dave Brainerd. Their mission is to identify and capture Greenback Bob, a counterfeiter, and Delbras, a sophisticated criminal connected with theft and deception. Surrounded by magnificent buildings, crowded exhibitions, foreign villages, lagoons, and thousands of visitors, the detectives discover that the fair provides perfect cover for confidence men and dangerous conspirators.
Masters relies on careful observation, disguises, patience, and intelligent deduction rather than dramatic heroics. A seemingly ordinary encounter with a rural couple soon exposes an attempted swindle and leads him deeper into a network of suspicious characters. As people disappear and new threats emerge, the investigation expands into a tense search involving hidden identities, robbery, betrayal, and personal danger.
Blending mystery with a vivid portrait of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Against Odds offers suspense, historical atmosphere, and an engaging view of early American detective work. Lawrence L. Lynch builds the story through steadily developing clues, memorable encounters, and unexpected turns that keep the outcome uncertain until the final chapters.

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Episodes

16 Jul 2023

Against Odds by Lawrence L. Lynch

Episodes

Against Odds - "Chicargo Gits My Money"

Against Odds - "I Told My Tale Of Woe"

Against Odds - A Conundrum

Against Odds - "I Can't Make Myself like Him"

Against Odds - "It's All A Miracle"

Against Odds - "A Criminal Hunt"

Against Odds - "It Was Greenback Bob"

Against Odds - "Straight from The Shoulder"

Against Odds - In Disguise

Against Odds - Carl Masters

Against Odds - "I Dislike A Mystery"

Against Odds - More Dangerous Than Hate

Against Odds - Face To Face With Delbras

Against Odds - Missing - Carte Blanche

Against Odds - The King Of Confidence Men

Against Odds - That Little Decoy

Against Odds - Those Two Women

Against Odds - If You'll Find One, I'll Find The Other

Against Odds - "Strange! Mistaken! Heartless!"

Against Odds - "We Must Understand Each Other"

Against Odds - "Let Me Laugh"

Against Odds - "There Is Danger - Near!"

Against Odds - "You Are Suffering In My Stead"

Against Odds - "It Is Our First Clue"

Against Odds - "It's A Snare"

Against Odds - A Columbian Guard

Against Odds - "I'd Swear To Them Hands Anywhere"

Against Odds - "Now Down!"

Against Odds - "Fire! Fire! Fire!"

Against Odds - "It Shall Not Be All Suspense"

Against Odds - Sir Carroll Rae

Against Odds - Found Dead

Against Odds - "A Mercyful Dispensayshun"

Against Odds - "Eureka!"

Against Odds - After All