J G Reeder is a shabby little man with red hair and weak eyes. However, his extraordinary mind is rapier sharp. Here are three thrilling episodes torn from his casebook: Red Aces about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; Kennedy the Con Man, reveals the impeccable mask stripped from a fiend...
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories aka (US title) Mr. Reeder Returns When Larry O'Ryan decides to become a burglar he attends night school to study ballistics, then secures a job at a safe-maker's. After three successful robberies Larry is caught by Mr J G Reeder. An unlikely friendship develop...
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:,Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, using it to uncover the peculiar circumstances surrounding a bank robbery, the death of the night-watchman and the part in the plot played by his beautiful daughter.This first story provides useful insight into the past of Mr JG Ree...
I read this in the 1967 John Long hardback edition. It really took me back in time to be reading a novel in large crown 8vo, a format that now seems to be reserved for "novelty" publications -- often to make a short novel look longer, as per some of the works of Nicholas Sparks. Of course, back i...