Also published as The Gold Comfit Box
Series: Dr. Adolph Grundt #5
About the author: Valentine Williams (1883–1946) was an English journalist and writer of popular fiction. Williams was awarded the Military Cross as a soldier and wrote two autobiographical books about his war-time experiences. In the aftermath of war, he travelled widely as a reporter. It was during this period that he began writing thrillers and around 1926 he gave up his post at the Daily Mail to pursue a full-time career as an author. (Wikipedia)
Major characters:
- Philip Clavering, alias James Dunlop, British Secret Service, and our narrator
- Garnet Wolseley, operative for British Secret Service
- Charles Forrest, British Secret Service (dead at opening of story)
- Dr. Adolph Grundt, German spy
- Madeleine Stafford, German agent
- Amschel Lipschutz, German agent H. 79, (dead at opening of story)
Locale: Belgium, Germany, and England
Synopsis: British agent Philip Clavering, operating in Brussels, is sent to the scene of a train wreck. The train has been sabotaged, resulting in the deaths of British agent Charles Forrest and German saboteur Amschel Lipschutz. Clavering's mission is to recover a small box carried by Forrest, which contains a list of British agents operating in Germany. Clavering finds the box apparently taken by German agent Madeleine Stafford, slightly injured in the wreck. Dr. Adolph Grundt calls for her at her hotel, and they cross the border into Germany.
