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Things which the author does very well are evident in this 1923 book. There are several long surveillance sequences. Seymour Merriman, the ordinary young Englishman, and his friend Claud Hilliard, take turns in secreting themselves in a barrel on a wharf in order to observe the unloading of a ship's cargo. Their amateur detecting, and Scotland Yard's better resourced investigating, provide absorbing reading throughout this relatively long yarn. There is also a love interest, and this is not something the author does well. A certain Miss Coburn, much like the heroine of a Victorian melodrama, reiterates from time to time "it can never be" whenever the ordinary young Englishman suggests marriage to her.
Over all is the warm nostalgic glow that emanates from many of the 1920s examples of the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", a glow that is brightly reflected in this splendid reprint from the House of Stratus.
Things which the author does very well are evident in this 1923 book. There are several long surveillance sequences. Seymour Merriman, the ordinary young Englishman, and his friend Claud Hilliard, take turns in secreting themselves in a barrel on a wharf in order to observe the unloading of a ship's cargo. Their amateur detecting, and Scotland Yard's better resourced investigating, provide absorbing reading throughout this relatively long yarn. There is also a love interest, and this is not something the author does well. A certain Miss Coburn, much like the heroine of a Victorian melodrama, reiterates from time to time "it can never be" whenever the ordinary young Englishman suggests marriage to her.
Over all is the warm nostalgic glow that emanates from many of the 1920s examples of the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction".
Things which the author does very well are evident in this 1923 book. There are several long surveillance sequences. Seymour Merriman, the ordinary young Englishman, and his friend Claud Hilliard, take turns in secreting themselves in a barrel on a wharf in order to observe the unloading of a ship's cargo. Their amateur detecting, and Scotland Yard's better resourced investigating, provide absorbing reading throughout this relatively long yarn. There is also a love interest, and this is not something the author does well. A certain Miss Coburn, much like the heroine of a Victorian melodrama, reiterates from time to time "it can never be" whenever the ordinary young Englishman suggests marriage to her.
Over all is the warm nostalgic glow that emanates from many of the 1920s examples of the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", a glow that is brightly reflected in this splendid reprint from The House of Stratus.
The book is not dated and does make pleasant reading. In effect, there are two books tied loosely together, the earlier and shorter segment features two twenty-something guys and a twenty-something woman. One of the guys falls in love with said woman, which leads both men to seek the secret to changing number plates on trucks going to and from the business her father manages. The second book stars a police inspector, not Inspector French, who takes up the challenge of unraveling the mystery when..........
The remainder of the book sees the three young people very much in the wings while the Inspector takes on the various illegalities which appear to have been the source of the .......outcome. (No secrets revealed here,)
The tale is well told, without the violence and sexuality which would be mandated in a modern version. My only complaint is that some of the technical details involved in exploring the technology used for the wrong-doing goes beyond any interest I have and I cannot skip pages as easily as if I were reading (eyes), Nonetheless, it is good even without the editing of detail which a contemporary reader might insist upon.
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