RONALD STANDISH SERIES - Complete Collection: 5 Detective Novels & 14 Short Stories

This carefully crafted ebook: "RONALD STANDISH SERIES - Complete Collection: 5 Detective Novels & 14 Short Stories" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.In detective novel The Final Count (1926), H. C. McNeile introduced the character Ronald Standish, a sportsman who played cricket for England and was a part-time consultant with the War Office. He appeared as well in Bulldog Drummond thriller novels "The Saving Clause" (1927) and "Tiny Carteret" (1930) before becoming the main protagonist in novels and two collections of short stories, Ronald Standish (1933) and Ask for Ronald Standish (1936). The character also appeared in the detective novels, Knock-Out (1933), Bull-Dog Drummond at Bay (1935) and Challenge (1937).Table of Contents:The Horror At Staveley GrangeTiny CarteretThe Final CountKnock-OutBull-Dog Drummond at BayChallengeRonald StandishThe Creaking DoorThe Missing ChauffeurThe Haunted RectoryA Matter of TarThe House with the KennelsThe Third MessageMystery of the Slip CoachThe Second DogThe Men in YellowThe Men with SamplesThe Empty HouseThe Tidal RiverHerman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. McNeile interspersed his Drummond work with other novels and story collections that included two characters who appeared as protagonists in their own works, Jim Maitland and Ronald Standish. McNeile's stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.