Before the case was many days old, quite a few blood pressures at the "Yard" did a somersault, for "Wister Hale," the mysterious ace reporter of the Daily World began forecasting, with uncanny accuracy, the movements of police and crook alike. This fresh headache found the inspector puzzled but unperturbed; he was convinced that his turn was coming, with a vengeance. And come it did, with a suddenness which surprised everyone - except "Wister Hale"
Ernest Dudley's latest offering is an absorbing thriller in his best tradition, a "must" for all armchair detectives.
