The Honourable Algernon Knox, Detective

This is a very clever collection of linked stories by E. Phillips Oppenheim written in 1913.

• Although wealthy, he fails when he stands for parliament.
• By chance he becomes involved in a blackmail against his uncle, who is a diplomat.

Algernon Knox, pretty young, dapper, seemingly silly, has failed at everything. Knox foils the plot, and a new career is born, the gentleman detective.

• Haunted by the beautiful but foreign Adele de Hagon, Knox finds his career and fortunes on the rise.
• An enjoyable read!

In some ways, the young man carries out increasingly dangerous and cleaver missions against criminals and foreign spies.