Special Detective (Ashton-Kirk)

THE NEW LONDON LIBRARY
Uniform with this Volume:
ASHTON-KIRK, INVESTIGATOR By John T. McIntyre. SECRET AGENT (ASHTON-KIRK) By John T. McIntyre. ASHTON-KIRK, CRIMINOLOGIST By John T. McIntyre. PENITENTIARY POST By K. and R. Pinkerton. THE LONG TRAVERSE By K. and R. Pinkerton. THE LURE OF THE HONEY BIRD By J. Weedon Birch. AT THE KRAAL OF THE KING By J. Weedon Birch. THE RIGHT TO LIVE By Ermine Allingham and A. E. Coleby. THE CALL OF THE ROAD By Herbert Allingham and A. E. Coleby. THE SHADOW OF THE YAMEN By Ben Bolt. DIANA OF THE ISLANDS By Ben Bolt. THE DIAMOND-BUCKLED SHOE By Ben Bolt. THE PRIDE OF THE RING By Ben Bolt. THE IMPOSSIBLE LOVER By Ben Bolt. MARRIAGES OF ADVENTURE By Emile Gaboriau. AN ADVENTURESS OF FRANCE By Emile Gaboriau. THE LEROUGE CASE By Emile Gaboriau. PLUCKY POLLY PERKINS By Herbert Allingham.
SPECIAL DETECTIVE (ASHTON-KIRK)
BY JOHN T. McINTYRE Author of “Ashton-Kirk Investigator,” “Secret Agent (Ashton-Kirk),” etc.
London: G. HEATH ROBINSON & J. BIRCH, LTD. 17-18, TOOK’S COURT, CURSITOR STREET, E.C.4
First Published at Half-a-Crown - February, 1922. All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain by Miller, Son & Compy., Fakenham and London
ASHTON-KIRK is a young man of means and position. The unusual has a sort of fascination for him; his subtle perception, and keen, direct habit of mind cause him to delight in the investigation of those crimes which have proved too shadowy for the police.
In “Ashton-Kirk, Investigator,” another book dealing with his experiences, he was concerned with the strange case of the murder of the numismatist, Hume. In “Secret Agent,” he was involved in a crisis between two nations; and a great war was averted by his skill and ready courage.
In this volume, he is called upon by an ancient friend who has been plunged into an appalling series of circumstances of which he can make nothing, except that all concerned are in immediate and deadly peril. And it is here shown how the special detective’s acute mind, deft manipulation and resourcefulness warded off a terrible danger.