A Casebook of Crime

<p>The Big Push and Legend of Sir Morleans' Lost Pearls </p><p></p><p>When a distinguished London barrister confides in private detective Henry von Stray about the family secrets and legends of a Baroness-revered for her service as a spy on behalf of the Crown during the Great War-von Stray and his trusted companion Professor John Dilpate are forced to leave their comfortable Berkeley Street lodgings and take on what promises to be their most baffling and intriguing case yet. </p><p></p><p>The Case of the Illustrious Banker </p><p></p><p>An ingenious adversary has private detective Henry von Stray and his able collaborator in the detection of crime Professor John Dilpate up against a nippy bit of work when Inspector Renyalds of Scotland Yard enlists them to unravel the puzzling mystery behind the locked-room murder of a notorious bank president. </p><p></p><p>A Little Birdie Tells Von Stray </p><p></p><p>When a beautiful young heiress of a high-ranking British official is found brutally murdered in a locked wine cellar clutching a mysterious dying clue private detective Henry von Stray and his trusted companion Professor John Dilpate must solve one impossible puzzle after another before they can execute von Stray's brilliant ruse to catch the ruthless killer. </p><p></p><p>Von Stray and the Five-Fingered Fraudster </p><p></p><p>A perchance encounter with a Special Agent of His Majesty's Customs Service results in private detective Henry von Stray and his colleague Professor John Dilpate suddenly finding themselves thrust into a race against time as they attempt to thwart the nefarious scheme of a criminal master-mind determined to outfox the Crown.</p><p></p>