The Stowmarket Mystery; or, A Legacy of Hate, by Louis Tracy. New York, R. F. Fenno & company; [1904]
336 p. incl. front. plates. 20 cm.
Featuring Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective. Check your credulity at the door, and just enjoy the ride!
The barrister had been looking intently at the other man during this short colloquy. Suddenly his eyes sparkled. He struck a match and held it to his visitor, with the words:
“You are quite right, Mr. David Hume-Frazer.”
The person thus addressed neither started, nor sprang to his feet, nor gasped in amazement. He took the match, lit a cigarette, and said:
“So you know me?”
Louis Tracy (1863-1928), a journalist and prolific author, is also known as Gordon Holmes.