{ "item_title" : "Thinking Machine at Work, The", "item_author" : [" "], "item_description" : "Logic will solve any problem; not most of them, but any problem. —The Thinking MachineProfessor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, with the help of his friend Hutchison Hatch, solves a variety of mysteries using cold, hard logic. No matter how twisted the trail of clues or how clever the perpetrator, Professor Van Dusen, aptly dubbed The Thinking Machine, reminds us that two and two make four, not some times, but all the time. So when a woman begs a surgeon to amputate part of her finger or when a pearl necklace disappears from a woman's neck at a party or when a man presents the court with his perfect alibi, The Thinking Machine methodically investigates all of the (logical) possibilities.In fact, the author's own wife, May Futrelle, set out to stump her husband's talented detective with an unsolvable mystery of her own, in which a lonely traveler takes a wrong turn and ends up in a mysterious house. Was she successful? Discover for yourself in this original audio compilation produced by Skyboat Media for Blackstone Publishing.Full contents:Introduction – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of Dressing Room A – read by Stefan RudnickiProblem of the Perfect Alibi – read by Paul BoehmerThe Problem of Cell 13 – read by Stefan RudnickiProblem of the Superfluous Finger – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Cross Mark – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Stolen Bank Notes – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Green Eyed Monster – read by Paul BoehmerMy First Experience with the Great Logician – read by Stefan RudnickiThe First Problem – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Missing Necklace – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Souvenir Cards – read by Paul BoehmerThe Tragedy of the Life Raft – read by Paul BoehmerProblem of the Deserted House – read by Paul BoehmerThe Grinning God, Part I: Wraiths of the Storm – read by Stefan Rudnicki with Gabrielle de CuirThe Grinning God, Part II: The House That Was – read by Paul Boehmer", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/audiobook/46/03/9781094140346_CD340733_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.95", "our_price" : "19.95", "club_price" : "19.95", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "discount_pct" : "10", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00" } }

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