I've always thought that The Toff would make a great TV series. The Baron, also by John Creasey, was very successful in UK and USA. This book recounts one of The Toff's adventures abroad and may seem old fashioned to some because he travels by luxury liner not by air!! This only adds to the charm of the adventure which has lots of interesting characters including a New York cabbie Sikoski and good locations such as the Waldorf Astoria. The Toff has to rescue a kidnapped millionaire business man from a gang of New York hoodlums and has lots of interesting encounters before bringing the case to a successful conclsion. I bought my copy years ago in paperback by Coronet and have fifteen titles in all and would recomment them to anyone who likes private detective fiction. Any TV producers reading this please note!