The Girl from Scotland Yard

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In a shadowed Berkeley Square drawing room, Lady Raytham's polished world begins to crack under the pressure of delayed arrivals, old scandals, and carefully hidden fears. A tea party with Princess Anita Bellini and Greta Gurden turns poisonous as gossip about Peter Dawlish's forgery conviction, prison release, and possible revenge gives way to the arrival of Leslie Maughan, a young Scotland Yard detective whose calm authority unsettles everyone present. Leslie's blunt questions about a mysterious twenty-thousand-pound withdrawal expose the household's secrets and launch a wider inquiry into crime, disguise, and buried loyalties. From the Thames Embankment to a Charing Cross Road flat, Leslie pursues the case with sharp intelligence, confronting Peter Dawlish himself and sensing that his bitterness masks a deeper tragedy. As she and Chief Inspector Coldwell search Druze's trunks and a hidden suitcase, they uncover clues that point to false identities and an explosive marriage certificate linking Peter to Lady Raytham's past. Meanwhile, Peter struggles through poverty, shame, and isolation, then endures a bitter confrontation with his mother, who offers him money and exile to Canada. Witty, tense, and steeped in social unease, this mystery entwines family betrayal, class resentment, and the relentless logic of detection.