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Armchair Fiction presents Mammoth Mystery Double Classics—featuring illustrated editions of two all-time mystery-crime standards, with 470 pages or more of whodunit thrills. “The Black Gang” is our first grisly tale of murder and mayhem, by H. C. “Sapper” McNeile. Bulldog Drummond Returns! The First World War is over, and even though the hostilities on the battlefield have ended, it seems that England is still being threatened by a subtly more sinister form of aggression. These nefarious goings-on are brought to light by Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond, who has discovered that his country’s democracy is being undermined by a web of bribery and blackmail schemes perpetrated by a criminal mastermind from overseas. So before long Drummond forms his “Black Gang,” whose sole purpose is to track down the evildoers and bring them to justice. Unfortunately all hell soon breaks loose for Hugh Drummond when he accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to tea with a clergyman and his daughter. “The Black Gang” is a real page-turner. It was the second of ten knock-down-and-drag-out Bulldog Drummond novels by H. C. “Sapper” McNeile. This double novel’s second tale features another great fictional detective in Louis Joseph Vance’s “Alias the Lone Wolf.” Michael Laynard, alias the Lone Wolf, has spent the majority of his life as a daring thief-turned-secret agent. As he grows older, though, he hopes to leave that life—and the danger—behind. But old enemies never forget—or forgive. Cutting ties with the British Secret Service, he sets out to wander the backroads of France. Unfortunately for the Lone Wolf, fate always has a way of keeping him on his toes, as even in the beautiful French countryside danger lurks around every corner. After involving himself with a beautiful woman, Michael Laynard soon finds himself falling headfirst back into the life he was trying to leave behind, coming eyeball to eyeball with a vast criminal organization and the temptation of feminine wiles. Packed with espionage, crime, and mystery, “Alias the Lone Wolf” will glue you to your favorite reading chair.
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