# Craig Kennedy Stories — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Craig Kennedy Stories by Arthur B. Reeve.

- [Craig Kennedy's Theories](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/craig-kennedy-s-theories.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson discuss the need for a professorship in criminal science. Kennedy argues that science has a distinct place in crime detection, citing European advancements, and declares his intention to 
- [The Silent Bullet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-silent-bullet.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson discuss the importance of scientific crime detection and collaboration with the police. Kennedy demonstrates his expertise by solving a murder using blood analysis. They then investigate 
- [The Scientific Cracksman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-scientific-cracksman.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson are drawn into the mysterious death of steel magnate John G. Fletcher. Though initially reported as apoplexy, Kennedy learns from Fletcher's nephew, Professor Jack Fletcher, that the old 
- [The Bacteriological Detective](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-bacteriological-detective.md): Kennedy and Jameson are discussing modern criminal methods when a veiled woman, Eveline Bisbee, arrives in a state of hysteria. She reveals that her guardian, oil magnate Jim Bisbee, died of typhoid fever, and that a ser
- [The Deadly Tube](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-deadly-tube.md): Kennedy presents his findings in the Close-Gregory case, demonstrating that the X-ray burns were not caused by Dr. Gregory's treatments but by a deliberate act of sabotage. Using a microphone hidden in the room, he expos
- [The Seismograph Adventure](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-seismograph-adventure.md): Dr. James Hanson, the coroner's physician, visits Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson to discuss the Vandam case, a triple puzzle of suicide, murder, or sudden death. Mrs. Vandam, a wealthy banker's wife, died after taking 
- [The Diamond Maker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-diamond-maker.md): Craig Kennedy is consulted by Mr. Andrews of the Great Eastern Life Insurance Company about the suspicious death of Solomon Morowitch, a wealthy jeweller, and the bizarre robbery of his safe, which had a hole burned thro
- [The Azure Ring](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-azure-ring.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson are drawn into the mysterious deaths of Laura Wainwright and John Templeton, found dead in the Wainwright library on the eve of their wedding. The case is complicated by conflicting theor
- [Spontaneous Combustion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/spontaneous-combustion.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson are summoned to Camp Hangout in the Adirondacks after the mysterious death of Lewis Langley, whose body was found partially burned to ashes with no evidence of fire. The investigation rev
- [The Terror in the Air](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-terror-in-the-air.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson investigate the mysterious crashes of Norton's aeroplanes at an aviation meet, which have already killed two men. Norton, facing financial ruin and public scorn, is determined to fly hims
- [The Black Hand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-black-hand.md): Craig Kennedy and Walter Jameson investigate a Black Hand extortion case involving the opera singer Signor Gennaro, whose daughter has been threatened with kidnapping. The case involves a poisoned milk sample containing 
- [The Artificial Paradise](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-artificial-paradise.md): Jameson bursts into Kennedy's apartment with news about a revolution in Vespuccia and finds Kennedy with a client, Miss Guerrero. She explains that her father, a revolutionary agent, has mysteriously disappeared after a 
- [The Steel Door](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/craig_kennedy_stories_se/chapters/the-steel-door.md): Inspector O'Connor recruits Craig Kennedy to help raid the Vesper Club, a high-class gambling establishment protected by a three-inch steel door. Kennedy uses an oxy-acetylene blowpipe to cut through the door, leading to

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