Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Das Mädchen vom Scotland Yard
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who like clever heroines, London fog and fast clues, and for anyone who enjoys a classic Scotland Yard puzzle with a wronged man, a drawing-room villain and a child who needs rescuing.
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A bank withdrawal of twenty thousand pounds looks odd, and in this London tale it ends in murder. The Girl from Scotland Yard, by Edgar Wallace, follows Leslie Maughan, a young assistant to Chief Inspector Coldwell. The story opens in a Berkeley Square drawing room in February. Lady Raytham's butler, Druze, watches with a quiet smile. Then the police call, and a frightened hostess paints her cheeks to hide her fear.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A visit that frightens Lady RaythamFree
- 2Leslie gives Peter a challenge
- 3A lodging house full of secrets
- 4A body on Barnes Common
- 5The butler who was a woman
- 6Greta, the document and a hidden marriage
- 7The child Peter never knew
- 8Traps in the dark
- 9What the stories say, and how they are told
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A visit that frightens Lady Raytham
On a sleet-soaked February evening in Berkeley Square, Lady Raytham reads a telegram from her husband in Constantinople. He will not be home before April. She seems more uneasy than lonely.
Her friends come for tea. Princess Anita Bellini wears a monocle and speaks with shocking frankness. Greta Gurden is a gushing, painted woman who lives on the princess's charity. The butler is called Druze.
Then Druze announces Miss Leslie Maughan of Scotland Yard. Lady Raytham goes pale and hurries to paint color onto her cheeks. She expects a hard-faced official and finds a lovely girl who looks about twenty-two, with violets on her coat. Leslie asks why Lady Raytham drew twenty thousand pounds last Monday. She gets no answer.
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Questions about Das Mädchen vom Scotland Yard
What is The Girl from Scotland Yard about?
It follows Leslie Maughan, a young Scotland Yard assistant, as she investigates a wealthy woman's strange bank withdrawal, the murder of a butler and a prisoner's search for a lost child in London.
Who is Leslie Maughan?
She is the daughter of a famous Scotland Yard commissioner and works as assistant to Chief Inspector Coldwell. She is clever, brave and independent, and she follows her own hunches to the answer.
Who is Druze in the book?
Druze is the pale, white-handed butler in Lady Raytham's house. The mystery around Druze, and what Druze is hiding, drives much of the investigation.
Is The Girl from Scotland Yard a true story?
No. It is a work of detective fiction by Edgar Wallace, set in the London of its time, though it draws on real concerns such as blackmail and the fate of unwanted children.
Is The Girl from Scotland Yard easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it moves briskly. The chapters are short, the plot is clear, and the dialogue is lively, with humor from Leslie's maid Lucretia.