The Toff Down Under

‘The Toff’ is involved in a case involving an inheritance and a search for a lost relative. Then, the aunt of the beautiful heiress is found murdered and the trail leads to him travelling to Australia. There, the mystery deepens and there is clearly significant danger. An exciting finish to the hunt brings this adventure to a surprising finale.

The Honourable Richard Rollison, (aka ‘The Toff’) is once again on the cricket field, indulging in one of his favourite pastimes, when he is called away. A girl has been kidnapped and her life is in danger. He has to find a way through hidden secrets from a grim past in order to solve this series of crimes.

This book not only includes chapters on more than twenty new screen sleuths but also updates information on several detectives included in the first two volumes of Famous Movie Detectives. Author Michael Pitts also provides new material on sleuths in silent films and serials, as well as a listing of radio and television detective programs.

There is a suicide at London Airport, an attempted murder in Kowloon, and a girl had been strangled. Then there is an ocean liner with its passengers under sentence of death. Roger (‘Handsome’) West of the Yard flies out to assist the Sydney Police prevent a madman unleashing destruction on an unprecedented scale.

The human race is experiencing a slow death as the population ages, but no babies are being born. Emissaries from outer space are the cause, but this is unknown, and they are attempting to prevent Dr. Palfrey discovering the truth. Once again, he is faced with the need to save the world, this time from a megalomaniac takeover by 'The Master'.

Three agents in West Africa die and one of Dr. Palfrey’s friends has suddenly lost weight. Behind both events is an organisation using a drug that puts world domination within the reach. Blackmail ensues and Palfrey must deal with what could be the worst situation he has ever faced; a brutal conspiracy that threatens the lives of millions.

A Darwin explorer, Keith Young, believes he has found radioactivity in a mysterious 'forbidden city', inside an aboriginal reserve. The rock formations are shaped like battlements, towers, walls and streets. At night the "city" glowed with an eerie light, which he considers to be radioactive in origin.