Nick Carter Stories No. 152, August 7, 1915: The Forced Crime; Or, Nick Carter's Brazen Clew.

In 1915, when a professor discovers a mysterious intruder in his bedroom who takes nothing but his most dangerous records, he calls the only detective cunning enough to unravel the impossible: Nick Carter. The burglar returns night after night, stealing nothing, leaving only questions. But as Carter digs deeper, he uncovers a secret society called the Yellow Tong, a mysterious figure named Ched Ramar, and the professor's own daughter Clarice, whose actions seem guided by forces beyond her control. Hypnotic influence. Stolen secrets. A criminal who deliberately plants clues bold enough to mock the authorities. This is pulp fiction at its most delirious, a dime novel that packs more wild invention into sixty pages than most modern thrillers manage in three hundred. Nick Carter was America's detective, and this story shows exactly why readers in 1915 couldn't get enough of him.