# The Expressman and the Detective

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- Book: [The Expressman and the Detective](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-pinkerton/the-expressman-and-the-detective) ([The Expressman and the Detective.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-pinkerton/the-expressman-and-the-detective.md))
- Authors: [Allan Pinkerton](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-pinkerton)
- Publisher: hachette_india_little_brown
- ISBN: 978-93-5731-045-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-11-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The private eye that never sleeps It is the late nineteenth century and a sum of $10,000 has been stolen from the railroad, and a clerk named Maroney who has a penchant for the horses, is prime suspect. After the railroad hires the South's best detectives to tail Maroney – who find nothing – they turn to the north and the man synonymous with detection: Allan Pinkerton himself, the head of the world's first modern detective agency. Pinkerton virtually invented and formalized undercover detective work and has a large fleet of skilled operatives. He sends his best agent, Porter, to get to the truth.