"Dwellers in the Hills" from Melville Davisson Post. American author (1869-1930).

"The Sleuth of St. James's Square" from Melville Davisson Post. American author (1869-1930).

I sat on the ground with my youthful legs tucked under me, and the bridle rein of El Mahdi over my arm, while I hammered a copper rivet into my broken stirrup strap. A little farther down the ridge Jud was idly swinging his great driving whip in long, snaky coils, flicking now a dry branch, and now a red autumn leaf from the clay road. The slim buckskin lash would dart out hissing, writhe an instant on the hammered road-bed, and snap back with a sharp, clear report.

The head of the C.I.D. (Criminal Investigation Division) at Scotland Yard, Sir Henry Marquis is a man of some means and former head of the British Secret Service, who now holds several prestigious properties including his home is St James's Square... Marquis embraces the use of modern science to back up hard work and good police intuition, as he and his officers investigate the most complex of crimes.... A delightful set of of mysteries from an often overlooked master author of the Golden Age of detective fiction.

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A short novel first published in 1922 by the American writer best-known for his stories featuring the characters Uncle Abner and the lawyer Randolph Mason.