Sexton Blake: Milestones

Synopsis:
A detective’s honour. A lady’s daring. Two foes he never saw coming.

Meet four legendary characters who forever changed the great detective’s life. A prince, a lady, a lawyer, and a French adventuress. Trouble comes in all classes. And often unannounced.

London, 1907. Called in by Scotland Yard’s Will Spearing to investigate a wave of counterfeit money, Sexton Blake traces the trail to an illegal gambling den — hosted by the affable Prince Larinski, who strikes him as strangely, unsettlingly familiar. When the source of that familiarity is finally revealed, it shakes the detective to his very core and puts his name and reputation at risk. His nerves frazzled, Blake leaves Baker Street, leaving Tinker behind to mind business — and Pedro — in his absence.

Recovering in Surbiton, Blake befriends Lady Marjorie Maxwell — Lady Molly to her intimates — a sharp, highly intelligent young woman who quickly becomes his understudy. Together they solve a string of cases: stolen jewels, murders, and international intrigue.

ut Blake’s world soon grows more dangerous as formidable new adversaries emerge. Marston Hume, a criminal-defence lawyer now drawn to the other side of the law, faces off against Blake in a dozen tales and comes perilously close to killing him on more than one occasion. Yet perhaps the most beguiling threat is the enigmatic Mademoiselle Justine de Chevrac, a beautiful foe who is every match for the detective — and who may have affected him more than he ever cared to admit.

Three of the most popular Blake authors from the Edwardian era bring you this collection of tales: Michael Storm (1867-1910), Norman Goddard (1881-1917) and Cecil Hayter (1871-1922). Together they wrote over 550 tales featuring the great detective and created some of the most popular characters in the Blake canon.