This carefully crafted ebook: "Crime Collection - Frank L. Packard Edition: 14 Thriller & Action Novels in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Jimmie Dale Mysteries "The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he becomes The Gray Seal, a master thief and safe-breaker. "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – The Gray Seal is back into the New York's underworld, after the woman he loves disappears. "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" – Jimmie Dale is back in the underworld of New York, and he is destined to find the criminal known as the Phantom. "Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder" – A friend of Jimmie Dale is found dead after receiving a mysterious blue envelope, and Jimmie is accused. Other Novels "The Miracle Man" – Group of con artists have a plan to make millions using a faith healing fraud. "The Belovéd Traitor" – Story of a betrayal set between Paris and New York. "The Sin That Was His" – A crooked man, wrongly accused of a murder, disguises himself as a priest in order to escape charges. "The Wire Devils" – The Hawk is a safe-breaker, jewel thief, and one of the cleverest 'gentleman' burglars and he keeps outsmarting other crooks. "From Now On" – Tale of a spiritual transformation of an ex-convict and a thief. "The White Moll" – A fearless heroine crime fighter is framed, and she must confront the most notorious gang in New York. "Pawned" – An exciting tale of a gambler and his adventures in New York. "Doors of the Night" – Billy Kane is framed for a robbery and murder. While on the run, he must prove his innocence. "The Four Stragglers" – Four ex-soldiers form a high-class international burglary organization. "The Red Ledger" – Old man keeps a record of all people who done him wrong and settles the score. Frank Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. He also wrote number of railroad stories and novels.

In 1914 a character appeared who would permanently transform popular fiction. Frank Packard's Gray Seal melded elements from A. J. Raffles, Jimmy Valentine, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsène Lupin, but those traits were combined with an entirely new concept: the gifted young man who conceals his identity behind a mask to fight crime in the big city. It had never been done before and it's never stopped being done since. Jimmie Dale, the high society millionaire behind the Gray Seal persona, helped to launch the hero pulp boom of the 1930s and was a direct influence on the Green Hornet, the Spider, the Phantom, and especially The Shadow. The Gray Seal template was adopted by the comic book industry as well, and well into the Twenty-first Century continues to appear there, on television, and in the movies. And now, for the first time ever the complete Jimmie Dale saga is being reprinted in a set of authoritative editions. The personal papers of Gray Seal creator Frank Packard have been consulted for this project, along with various unpublished works of fiction by him that add further insight to the series. Also, a detailed chronology has been established for the novels so they can be considered in their proper historical setting. The definitive Gray Seal collection is finally here, beginning with the novel that forever changed adventure fiction - and the larger world of popular entertainment.