Inspector Higgins Hurries

Inspector Higgins Hurries, first published in 1932 is a classic 'golden-age' murder mystery featuring Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard. Cecil Freeman Gregg (1898-1960) was the author of more than 30 detective novels, most featuring Inspector Higgins or Harry Prince, a talented thief. In Inspector Higgins Hurries, Higgins, just going home after speaking at a local authors' dinner, discovers a dead man on his own doorstep, stabbed in the back with a dagger. Out of the darkness, another dagger is thrown at Higgins. Joined by his wife and Inspector Dryan, Higgins finds himself in a deadly battle of wits with a gang.