A collection of early short stories by Peter Cheyney in which Etienne MacGregor undertakes 13 tricky tasks with a reward at the end, if he survives...
From Cheyney's early pulp days, when his characters often had French forenames and Scottish surnames. Originally published in magazines and Newspapers in 1927, not collected as a book until 1947.
1: The Affair of Mrs. Lotus Leaf.
2: The River That Ran Sideways.
3: The Demure Lady.
4: China Tea.
5: Greensleeves.
6: The Yellow Kaffir.
7: The Sweetheart of the Razors.
8: Checkmate.
9: The Smoking Lamp.
10: The Other Uncle.
11: Julia Rose Petal.
12: The Sliding Scale.
13: Cash—Please!
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