In Pursuit: The Hunted Man by Walter S. Masterman (1938)

"Here, steady on! we are not in Chicago, you know."..."We are in London and that is far more dangerous because it is safer." Earlier this year I read The Death Coins by an author new to me - Walter S. Masterman. I did not enjoy the book but was also not ready to dismiss the …

Short Notes: The Death Coins by Walter S. Masterman (1940)

When the telephone rings at the police station, Sergeant Grant, picks it up in a bored manner but when he hears the message - of a man claiming that he is about to be murdered and asking the police to hurry up to an address and bring along a locksmith too - his whole attitude …