Newly landed in England after two and a half years' service in command of a gunboat up a "swift ing, foul smelling river in Lieutenant-Commander [Geoffrey Wantage stepped straight into hectic adventure when he te-Jnewed an old friendship with attrac tive Cornelia Rudham, Captured kang of desperate criminals, the price of Corelia's safety he forced to navigate the yacht used them for the piracy of a cross= channel steamer crowded with wealthy passengers, but finally. wrecks the vessel by deliberately. running her ashore, "and. escapes mysterious woman associate lof the chief gangster. The piracy, mid-Channel isa bold invention, but one would like to know just how. the criminals "who embarked "a3 passengers managed to smuggle their ample supply of machine Jguns and pistols through the Customs. The Cockney girl detective who joins the gang to. frustrate their schemes is also a little too good be true, and a djejointed trend, Jof narrative weakens the effect of plot, On the whole, one prefers.
aft rail" in the purely naval yarns Jwhere he is s0 thoroughly at home.
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