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Simple writing, fast-paced. What more could I want?

Well, they're easy to read...

Perfect escapism for the quiet post-Christmas & New Year period. Will the diamond markets be destroyed by the Professor’s complex recipe for nature-identical synthetic diamonds? Explosions, imprisonment, the feigning of madness, yachting pursuits at night on the Solent, & now it’s heading to a final denouement in Switzerland ….

Finished Round 2, “The Black Gang” last night. Such style, honour, strategy, and quite exquisite violence. A riveting good read. So very, very reminiscent of Fleming’s James Bond books; except that Hugh Drummond comfortably predates Bond by almost a generation.

Now getting into “The Black Gang”: “If Mr Darrell or any of them ring up I shall be tearing a devilled bone to-night at the Savoy grill at eleven o’clock.” The imposter James Bond is a mere copycat by comparison!

Finished the 1st bk late last night. Overall it has read like the most headstrong collision of Hannay, Wimsey, Bond, Steed, Penelope Pitstop, & Paul Daniels: except that, of course, Hugh Drummond predated most of those. Love the dry sense of humour: “Hugh”, he spluttered, “there’s only one stipulation. An armistice must be declared during Ascot week” (p.101).

All terrifically British stiff upper lip honour and heroism.

Finished 1st book - Bulldog Drummond. Nearing end of 2nd - The Black Gang. Good rollicking read. Cross between James Bond and the Scarlet Pimpernel.