The British Mysteries Edition: 14 Novels & 70+ Short Stories

This unique collection of British mysteries by H. C. McNeile has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards.



Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. After the war McNeile left the army and continued writing, although he changed from war stories to thrillers. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. Drummond is a First World War veteran, brutalised by his experiences in the trenches and bored with his post-war lifestyle. He publishes an advertisement looking for adventure, and soon finds himself embroiled in a series of exploits, many of which involve Carl Peterson—who becomes his nemesis—and Peterson's mistress, the femme fatale Irma. McNeile interspersed his Drummond work with other detective novels and story collections that included two characters who appeared as protagonists in their own works, Jim Maitland and Ronald Standish. H. C. McNeile thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.



Content:



Jim Maitland



The Island of Terror



Bulldog Drummond



The Black Gang



The Third Round



The Final Count



The Female of the Species



Temple Tower



The Return of Bulldog Drummond



Knock-Out



Bulldog Drummond at Bay



Challenge



The Horror At Staveley Grange



Tiny Carteret



Ronald Standish



Men, Women and Guns



The Saving Clause



Out of the Blue



The Finger of Fate