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Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name «Sapper». After an unsuccessful one-off appearance as a policeman in The Strand magazine, the character was reworked by McNeile into a gentleman adventurer for his 1920 novel Bulldog Drummond. McNeile went on to write ten Drummond novels, five short stories, four stage plays, and a screenplay before his death in 1937. Included in this volume are all ten novels and the five short stories...

The second Bulldog Drummond novel, originally published in 1922.

Hugh «Bulldog» Drummond is a World War I 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. «Sapper» —the pseudonym of H. C. McNeile—wrote ten Drummond novels, four short stories, four stage plays, and a screenplay before his death...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "THE first time I heard Jim Maitland's name mentioned was in the bar of a P.&O. We were two days out of Colombo, going East, and when I confessed my complete ignorance of the man a sort of stupefied silence settled on the company. «You don't know Jim?» murmured an Assam tea-planter. «I thought everyone knew Jim.» «Anyway, if you stay...

"7 to 12" by Anna Katharine Green. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

This volume includes two classic mystery stories by Anna Katharine Green: «7 to 12» and «One More Hour.»