Larry Dexter and the Bank Mystery: Or, Exciting Days in Wall Street

The year is 1912. The setting is New York City, where a million dollars has vanished from a downtown bank, and the city desk wants answers. Larry Dexter, a young reporter with more nerve than experience, gets the assignment that could make or break his career. What follows is old-fashioned adventure stripped to its bones. Larry chases leads through the streets of Manhattan, trades elbows with rival reporters, interviews bank officials who know more than they're saying, and follows a trail of clues that winds through the financial district. The mystery has layers, the stakes are genuinely high for a young journalist in an era when a byline meant everything, and Larry's determination never wavers even when the evidence turns against him. This is pulp adventure from an era when newspapers ruled the city and a reporter could break a story with nothing but a notebook and stubbornness. It captures a vanished world of city rooms and late nights waiting for the telegraph to click. Young readers and anyone who loves a straightforward chase will find plenty to enjoy here.