Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The third thrilling collection of classic stories reintroducing the adventuring detective as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes and as daring as James Bond.
For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.
Comprised of three more "Golden Age" stories from UNION JACK, in which Sexton Blake discusses the various reporters, adventurers, Scotland Yard men and private detectives with whom he worked.
THE CASE OF THE SEVENTH KEY by W. W. Sayer (1925)
A pocket is picked, Blake is deceived, a murder is committed, the Orient Express is boarded, Secret Service agent Granit Grant enters the fray, crown jewels are at risk, Blake is poisoned and left tied up on a railway track, horses are commandeered, and a chase ends in Prague.
THE PROBLEM OF THE DOUBLE FOUR by Gwyn Evans (1927)
An assassination fails, precious emerald's are stolen, Derek "Splash" Page gets a lead, a revolution brews, the Double Four starts plotting, a female impersonator takes Tinker to a haunted house, Blake falls through a trap door, and a king crook is revealed to be a real king.
TREE OF EVIL by Rex Hardinge (1932)
Sir Richard Losely is taunted by a disembodied voice and succumbs to poison, Lobangu has a prophetic dream, Blake acquires an additional assistant, a native uprising occurs, hungry crocodiles are evaded, battle is engaged, and a malicious spirit is exposed.
Synopsis
The third thrilling collection of classic stories reintroducing the adventuring detective as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes and as daring as James Bond.
SPIES, PRIVATE EYES AND DANGEROUS WOMEN
Every hero has allies; men and women of great ability and character, drawn into their orbit by circumstance and adventure. This was never truer than for Sexton Blake, Britain's greatest detective
From the splendour of the Orient Express to the quite countryside of the Chilterns and the vast Australian outback, Sexton's allies battled the worst criminals of their age.
James 'Granite' Grant, The King's Spy, steps in to save the Crown Jewels. Ruff Hanson, the dynamic American Gunsmith teams up with Splash Page, ace reporter, to investigate a mysterious Ghostmobile in Buckinghamshire, while the formidable Mademoiselle Yvonne Cartier seeks vengeance Down Under, in a fight not just for justice, but her own future.
"Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur...definitely not be missed." -- The Crime Review
Synopsis
As brilliant as Sherlock Holmes. As daring as James Bond. Sexton Blake, the adventuring detective, is back again
SPIES, PRIVATE EYES AND DANGEROUS WOMEN
Every hero has allies; men and women of great ability and character, drawn into their orbit by circumstance and adventure. This was never truer than for Sexton Blake, Britain's greatest detective
From the splendour of the Orient Express to the quite countryside of the Chilterns and the vast Australian outback, Sexton's allies battled the worst criminals of their age.
James 'Granite' Grant, The King's Spy, steps in to save the Crown Jewels. Ruff Hanson, the dynamic American Gunsmith teams up with Splash Page, ace reporter, to investigate a mysterious Ghostmobile in Buckinghamshire, while the formidable Mademoiselle Yvonne Cartier seeks vengeance Down Under, in a fight not just for justice, but her own future.
"Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur...definitely not be missed." -- The Crime Review