The Blue Book Magazine, December 1916

Catalog Entry December 1916 issue of Blue Book Magazine features the beginning of "Ransom!" by Arthur Somers Roche, a mystery novel whose predecessor "Loot" earned critical acclaim. The opening chapter introduces Waring, a bored 31-year-old American passing through Paris, forced to delay his Atlantic crossing after a train accident. At a Montmartre café, his listlessness shifts upon spotting an attractive young woman with brown hair shot with gold entering the establishment. The issue also continues "The Royal Blue Crœsus" by James Francis Dwyer. Short fiction includes "The Night Before" by Gilbert Parker, "The God of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ellis Parker Butler's "Proxy," and Robert J. Casey's western tale "The Goo-Goo Process." A complete novel, "The Story of Kitty Carstairs" by J. J. Bell, completes the issue.