H. C. McNeile

The First World War is over, but it seems that the hostilities are not. When Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond and his pals discover that foreigners are infiltrating all levels of English society - bribing, blackmailing, and undermining England's democratic tradition - their course is clear. The Black Gang is formed, bent on tracking down the perpetrators of such Bolshevik plots and rescuing their victims. Convinced that these subversive attacks are not isolated incidents, the Black Gang sets a trap to lure the criminal mastermind behind them to England. All is going according to plan until Bulldog Drummond accepts an invitation to tea at the Ritz with a charming American clergyman and his dowdy daughter... Bulldog Drummond #2 "His four rounds with Carl Peterson"

Book #3 in the Bulldog Drummond's "His four rounds with Carl Peterson" series.

Drummond had gone to the country seeking peace and quiet, but when on his first night a stone wrapped in a brown, blood-stained sheet of paper crashed through his window, the paper bearing the mysterious message, "Mary Jane. Urgent. GG Pont. As." Drummond was off on his most hair-raising adventure. He wasn't, however, really aware of what the mysterious message had involved him in until the next day, when a charming girl, whom he had never before seen, tried to put a sleeping potion in his tea, and he first learned of the existence of that amazing organization, the Key Club. At first, curiosity was Drummond's sole motive, but when his pet bulldog was shot through the head and the body of a murdered man disappeared from his living. room, Drummond threw himself and all of his resources into the investigation. He soon found that he was up against an international ring of ruthless killers organized to steal and trade in the armament secrets of the nations of the world and that the peace of the world hung in the balance, dependent upon his success or failure. Bulldog Drummond series #9

While staying as a guest at Merridale Hall, Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond’s peaceful repose is disturbed by a frantic young man who comes dashing into the house, trembling and begging for help. When two warders arrive, asking for a man named Morris – a notorious murderer who has escaped from Dartmoor – Drummond assures them that they are chasing the wrong man. In which case, who on earth is this terrified youngster? Bulldog Drummond series #7.

Book #4 in the Bulldog Drummond "His four round with Carl Peterson" series.

Book #1 of Bulldog Drummond "His Four Rounds with Carl Peterson" series. A demobilised officer of the first World War finds post-war life boring and seeks excitement with an advertisement: ... 'finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential...'

What do we really know? What are we in relation to the world around us? Playwright and novelist Frayn takes on the great questions of his career--and of our lives. Humankind, scientists agree, is an insignificant speck in the impersonal vastness of the universe. But what would that universe be like if we were not here to say something about it? Would there be numbers if there were no one to count them? With wit, charm, and brilliance, this epic work of philosophy sets out to make sense of our place in the scheme of things. Our contact with the world around us, Michael Frayn shows, is always fleeting and indeterminate, yet we have nevertheless had to fashion a comprehensible universe in which action is possible. But how do we distinguish our subjective experience from what is objectively true and knowable?--From publisher description.

Captain Hugh Drummond, enjoying country life in his house on Romney Marsh, notices red and blue lights from a lonely farmhouse know as Spragge’s Farm. Investigating with his friend Peter Darrell, they stumble across a long-standing vendetta being carried out in the neighborhood. Book #6 in the Bulldog Drummond series.

A collection of short works includes "So Help Me God," in which a young wife wonders about the identity of a flirtatious caller, and "Madison at Guignol," in which an unhappy fashionista discovers a horrendous secret at a clothing store.

Edgar Wallace: The green mamba -- Edgar Wallace: The poetical policeman -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The dying detective -- Colin Dexter: The burglar -- G.K. Chesterton: The man in the passage -- C. Day Lewis writing as Nicholas Blake: The assassin's club -- Sax Rohmer: The case of the tragedies of the greek room -- Muriel Spark: Chimes.

Bulldog Drummond series #8