Red Paste Murders

Arthur Gask (18691951) was an Australian dentist andnovelist.He began writing crime fiction while waiting for his patients,and in 1921 he paid for the publication of his firstnovel, The Secret of the Sandhills, which was an immediatesuccess.Over the next thirty years, Gask wrote more than thirtybooks and contributed a series of popular short stories toThe Mail in Adelaide. Most of his novels described theactivities of a detective, Gilbert Larose, in solving crimes.