Great Cases of Scotland Yard

Eight (8) of the Greatest True Crime Cases of Scotland Yard retold by the best mystery authors of their day.1) THE STEALING OF MURIEL McKAYRetold by Clive EgletonIt was a case of mistaken identity. The kidnappers following the lady in the Rolls-Royce had confused Muriel McKay with someone else. When her husband returned home that night he found an open handbag, its contents scattered on the stairway, a telephone on the floor, and the house deserted. Strange ransom notes and frightening phone calls served only to deepen the mystery. The search for Mrs. McKay's whereabouts became an agnozing struggle, a race against time to save her from the mysterious figure who identified himself only as M3.2) NEILL CREAM, POISONERRetold by Elizabeth JenkinsDr. Neill Cream was a courtly gentleman, fashionably dreassed. There was, to be sure, a curious look in his eye; and he seemed to spend more time prowling London by night than practicing medicine by day. But, as distinguished historian Elizabeth Jenkins recounts, it was not until far too many unsuspecting young women had died quite horribly that Scotland Yard setout to discover just what the mysterious "doctor" was up to.3) THE CASE OF STANLEY SETTYRetold by Andrew Garve.It was a dimembered corpse wrapped in a parcel that the duck hunter discovered floating in one of the shallow salt flats along the Essex coast. Upon examining it, the Yard's forensic experts found a number of stab wounds and announced that it had fallen from a great height, possibly a plane. But who was it? Swiftly, methodically, the sleuths of Scotland Yard pieced together a fantastic and hair-raising story.4) THE WEMBLEY JOBRetold by Winston GrahamIt took just ninety seconds for England's slipperiest robbers to make off with a third of a million dollars from a Wembley bank. It was done with sledgehammers and shotguns; and the identity of the culprits was well concealed. Still, in just three months a Scotland Yard robbery squad had broken the case wide open. The gang known as the Frighteners had met their match.5) THE PORTLAND SPY CASERetold by Ludovic KennedyHidden in their house was an incredible array of espionage devices: a high-powered radio station, a false-bottomed cigarette lighter, and concealed microdot messages. All this and more belonged to Peter and Helen Kroger, Russian trained spies. Their mission -- to obtain, highly secret weapons information from Britain's Portland Naval Base. Here is the exciting story of how Scotland Yard tracked the Krogers down and gathered evidence for an airtight case against one of Britain's most notorious spy rings.6) DOCTOR CRIPPENS DIARYRetold by Emlyn WilliamsDr. Crippen said his wife, Cora, had gone to America. Later he reported that she had died there. But, curiously, his secretary, Ethel Le Neve, was seen wearing Mrs. Crippen's jewelry. What had really happened to Cora Crippen? An investigation led to a grisly discovery in the basement of the Crippen home, but by then both se