Frank
Hunter's Peril. by Horatio Alger - book
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ILLUSTRATED Young Frank goes on a trip through Europe with a friend of his new
stepfather's, unaware that it is a plot to murder him for his inheritance Aka:
A Struggle for the Right.
Frank Hunter, 15, lives in rural Shelby, New
York with his widowed mother. When a Mr. Craven, comes to town and talks
Frank's mother into marrying him, Frank suspects Craven was a smooth-talking
fortune hunter bent on getting control of his mother's $60,000 estate. But he
has no idea of the desperate measures Craven is willing to take.
Craven travels to New York City to borrow $350 from a loan shark for the
wedding, promising to pay him $600 within 90 days. After the wedding, Craven
is foiled in his attempts to poison then shoot Frank's dog, who had once bit
him. Craven then pays Colonel Sharpley $10,000 to murder Frank in
Europe. In London, Frank discovers that Craven had deserted his London
wife and two children three years earlier. In Switzerland, Sharpley pushes
Frank off a cliff to almost certain death. Frank survives the fall and makes
his way home, to find Craven attempting to commit his mother to an insane
asylum. Frank must save his mother and bring justice to Sharply before he can
remedy his own life’s troubles.
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