The Yellow Streak

George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was an English journalist, actor, lecturer, screenwriter, and author of many crime and thriller novels. He created The Fox (Baron Alexis de Bahl), Clubfoot (Dr.

• Adolph Grunt), Mr.
• Treadgold the tailor and Detective Sergeant Trevor Dene.
• The Yellow Streak is the first book in the Inspector Manderton series.

A wealthy industrialist with a mysterious past, has a group of friends staying with him at his country house in England. He apparently commits suicide, but a good friend of the young woman engaged to the industrialist believes its murder and seeks to find the murderer.

• Good old fashioned country house novel: sort of locked room, suicide or murder mystery.
• Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!