The Man From Scotland Yard

Inspector Bull of Scotland Yard receives an anonymous note stating that a

mother and three little ones are buried in a backyard. Upon digging up

fresh earth, the inspector finds a box with mother cat and three of her

kittens entombed. As the story progresses, Bull returns to the original

digging site only to discover the body of an elderly woman below where

the cats were buried. Bull enlists the aid of his former landlord after a

body is discovered in the supposedly vacant house of Mr. Arthurington.

Mr. Pinkerton is unofficially enlisted to assist the C.I.D. inspector to

assist in the investigation. Inspector Bull is baffled by the fact that

several of the principles appear to have the means, motive, and

opportunity. As is the usual case, it is Pinkerton, the mild and timid

Welshman who sees through the red herrings that provide the clues that

help to identify the diabolical villain.

3. The Man From Scotland Yard (1932)David Frome is the pen name of Zenith Jones Brown, a.k.a. Leslie Ford. 1898-1983