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The Return of Bulldog Drummond
The Return of Bulldog Drummond is a thrilling adventure novel by H. C. McNeile, first published in 1932. In this gripping installment in the Bulldog Drummond series, the daring ex-soldier turned amateur detective finds himself drawn back into a world of danger and intrigue. When Drummond's old adversary, Carl Peterson, resurfaces with a diabolical plot to wreak havoc on London, Drummond must once again spring into action to stop him. With the help of his loyal friends and allies, Drummond embarks on a perilous journey filled with narrow escapes, daring rescues, and pulse-pounding action. McNeile's sharp prose, vivid characterization, and fast-paced plotting make The Return of Bulldog Drummond a thrilling read that will keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2024
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January 31, 2026
Not very satisfying.
The author isn't comfotable with third-person narration, and seems to hace a better time with first-person, even if he has to go to great lengths to introduce a narrating character into the 'Froth Blowers' company and the situation.
In a very Devonshire fog, Bulldog Drummond hears a rifle fired. A panicked man, Martin, rushes into the house where Drummond is staying, cnvinced that someone is out to murder him. Some prison warders arrive, to announce that Morris, the Sydenham murderer has escaped. Is this what Martin is frightened of?
Drummond, Peter Darrell and Ted Jerningham go off to inestigate, to find the murderer in a supposedly haunted house, and the battered body of Martn upstairs.
The ensuing story has Drummond pursuing three American villains in a caper that was solvable as soon as it is introduced. The third person narration allows the author to move from scene to scene without Drummond or a first-person narrator being present, which gives him the time for some descriptions of how films were made in those times that resembles P. G. Wodehouse, except for quality. Finally, Drummond escapes from a trap so obvious a child could've spotted it (which he freely admits to himself) by a method so unlikely that my willing suspension of disbelief crashed with a bang probably heard in 1930's England, although not by 'Sapper'....
Strictly for completists.
The author isn't comfotable with third-person narration, and seems to hace a better time with first-person, even if he has to go to great lengths to introduce a narrating character into the 'Froth Blowers' company and the situation.
In a very Devonshire fog, Bulldog Drummond hears a rifle fired. A panicked man, Martin, rushes into the house where Drummond is staying, cnvinced that someone is out to murder him. Some prison warders arrive, to announce that Morris, the Sydenham murderer has escaped. Is this what Martin is frightened of?
Drummond, Peter Darrell and Ted Jerningham go off to inestigate, to find the murderer in a supposedly haunted house, and the battered body of Martn upstairs.
The ensuing story has Drummond pursuing three American villains in a caper that was solvable as soon as it is introduced. The third person narration allows the author to move from scene to scene without Drummond or a first-person narrator being present, which gives him the time for some descriptions of how films were made in those times that resembles P. G. Wodehouse, except for quality. Finally, Drummond escapes from a trap so obvious a child could've spotted it (which he freely admits to himself) by a method so unlikely that my willing suspension of disbelief crashed with a bang probably heard in 1930's England, although not by 'Sapper'....
Strictly for completists.
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