Joseph Smith Fletcher 
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation 

Excerpt: ‘That’s just what I was going to suggest, he said. ‘There’s no good to be done hanging about here. Let’s get on to the scene of operations. If Miss Lennard’s maid has stolen her jewels, she’s probably had some hand in the theft from my cousin. We must find her. Now, then, let me come in. I’ll look up the train, settle up with these hotel folk, and we’ll be off. You give your attention to your packing, Miss Lennard, and leave the rest to me—you won’t mind travelling the night?’