The Complete Works of H. C. McNeile "Sapper”

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Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. After the war McNeile left the army and continued writing, although he changed from war stories to thrillers. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. His stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.

Contents:

Novels:

Mufti

Bulldog Drummond

The Black Gang

Jim Maitland

The Third Round

The Final Count

The Female of the Species

Temple Tower

Tiny Carteret

The Island of Terror

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

Knock-Out

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

Challenge

Short Story Collections:

The Lieutenant and Others

Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E.

Men, Women and Guns

No Man's Land

The Human Touch

The Man in Ratcatcher and Other Stories

The Dinner Club

Out of the Blue

Jim Brent

Word of Honour

Shorty Bill

The Saving Clause

When Carruthers Laughed

John Walters

The Finger of Fate

Ronald Standish

The Creaking Door

The Missing Chauffeur

The Haunted Rectory

A Matter of Tar

The House with the Kennels

The Third Message

Mystery of the Slip Coach

The Second Dog

The Men in Yellow

The Men with Samples

The Empty House

The Tidal River…