Publisher's Synopsis
1928. The stories which I have selected for this series can be found in the official records, only one or two details have been rearranged in order to avoid giving pain and reopening old wounds. I have myself taken part either in the investigation or the final trials of the criminals. Several of the cases I have specially selected because of the ingenuity displayed both by the lawbreakers and the investigators. Contents: The Murder of Don Ramon Valdez Y Cazal; Orsini, the Croupier: A Tale of Monte Carlo; Latouche, the Apache: A Story of the Paris Underworld; Captain von Copenick, Convict and Humorist; Herr Grunenthal of the Reichsbank and his Tragic Love; The Death Planes: A Story of the First Aerial Pageant at Rheims, 1909; Allivi: The Bogus Death Ray; The Suicide Room: Hanoi Shan; The Scented Death: Hanoi Shan; and Mata Hari, Hindoo Dancer and Spy.
