The Greatest Mystery Cases of Detective Henry Marquis: Complete 16 Tales in One Edition

Sir Henry Marquis is the Chief of Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, who used to be in charge of the English secret service on the frontier of the Shan states, and at the time he was in Asia. Intensely interested in crime solving, Sir Henry is a linking component between the various cases, each presenting him in a new light. In some tales he's an investigator, actively involved in the case, and in some he listens to other's twisting accounts about some strange incident.

Table of Contents:

The Thing on the Hearth

The Reward

The Lost Lady

The Cambered Foot

The Man in the Green Hat

The Wrong Sign

The Fortune Teller

The Hole in the Mahogany Panel

The End of the Road

The Last Adventure

American Horses

The Spread Rails

The Pumpkin Coach

The Yellow Flower

Satire of the Sea

The House by the Loch

Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author, born in West Virginia. Post's best-known character is the mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also wrote number of stories about Randolph Mason, a brusque New York lawyer who is highly skilled at turning legal loopholes and technicalities to his clients' advantage. Post's other recurring characters include Sir Henry Marquis of Scotland Yard, the French policeman Monsieur Jonquelle and the Virginia lawyer Colonel Braxton.