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The girl from Scotland Yard

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I. At Tea
13:02
II. The Girl Detective - III. Meeting Peter
14:18
IV. Peter's Lodgings
25:27
V. A Dead Man
28:46
VI. The Effect On Lady Raytham - VII. Leslie's Interview
23:17
VIII. A Surprise For Leslie
16:20
IX. Druze's Handicap
13:25
X. A Doctor's Confession
22:36
XI. The Document
18:00
XII. Peter's Mother
8:50
XIII. Peter Tells
16:27
XIV. An Arrest
25:25
XV. Trapped
22:55
XVI. An Old Record
16:12
XVII. The Telltale Perfume
21:09
XVIII. Anita's Fright
9:37
XIX. Captured
20:58
XX. A Silk Shawl - XXI. Anita's Cards
25:44
XXII. A Real Father - XXIII. And A Mother
17:33
XXIV. These Women
9:46

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Edgar Wallace opens this 1928 novel on a wet February afternoon in Berkeley Square, where Lady Raytham reads a telegram from her husband abroad and waits for two visitors, the Princess Bellini and Mrs. Gurden. Their talk turns to Peter Dawlish, a young man about to leave prison after a sentence for forging his employer's name on a cheque.

Leslie Maughan, the young woman who works alongside Scotland Yard, is drawn in as Peter takes lodgings in a house kept by Mrs. Inglethorne. There he notices odd comings and goings, suspects the landlady of dealing in stolen goods, and finds a child being badly treated. A dead man, a butler named Druze and a tangle of family secrets follow, and Peter's record makes him an easy suspect.

Wallace keeps the pace quick, with short chapters, a thread of romance and clues such as a telltale perfume, a silk shawl and an old record.

About the author

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific English writer of crime and adventure fiction, famous for fast-paced thrillers and among the best-selling authors of his era.