Basil Grant ex-High Court Judge ('Poor fellow went mad...') and enthusiastic anti-detective (instinct over intellect) investigates a number of intriguing and baffling situations. In doing so he delights in discovering a hatful of brand-new professions (Professional Detainer, Organiser of Repartee and the Adventure & Romance Agency, for example) all bound together by membership of the eponymous Club of Queer Trades. This is a light-hearted and amusing meander through the Edwardian alleys of more famous detectives.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 21 November 2003 ) |
