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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Public domain audiobook

Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

by Ellis Parker Butler

English· 9:03:47· 17 chapters
Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons through the mail as well as the necessary disguises for a detective. Philo Gubb, not being really clever or intuitive, or even looking good in those disguises, gets involved in one case after the other - and sooner or later happens to stumble on and solve the crime..Each of these stories is a complete mystery unto itself so if you read just one, you will know it's beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective solves it using his woeful 'deteckative' (as he puts it) skills (Summary by Availle and Phil Chenevert)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Hard-Boiled Egg

    27:15
  2. Chapter 2

    The Pet

    34:32
  3. Chapter 3

    The Eagle’s Claws

    34:49
  4. Chapter 4

    The Oubliette

    53:10
  5. Chapter 5

    The Un-Burglars

    26:50
  6. Chapter 6

    The Two-Cent Stamp

    35:32
  7. Chapter 7

    The Chicken

    28:22
  8. Chapter 8

    The Dragon’s Eye

    20:14
  9. Chapter 9

    The Progressive Murder

    18:35
  10. Chapter 10

    The Missing Mr. Master

    30:21
  11. Chapter 11

    Waffles and Mustard

    32:49
  12. Chapter 12

    The Anonymous Wiggle

    31:30
  13. Chapter 13

    The Half of a Thousand

    28:38
  14. Chapter 14

    Dietz’s 7462 Bessie John

    33:23
  15. Chapter 15

    Henry

    29:01
  16. Chapter 16

    Buried Bones

    33:10
  17. Chapter 17

    Philo Gubb’s Greatest Case

    45:36