Charles Lenox has just given up his Parliament seat to pursue his dream….running his own full time detective agency.
He has high hopes for this new agency. It’s essentially the first of its kind and with all the assistance he has provided to Scotland Yard over the years, surely the referrals will come.
Lenox and his colleagues have let a building and are currently taking new clients, things are looking promising. But while the others are bringing in steady business….Lenox is not.
What happened to all the potential referrals from the Yard and his friends within the agency?
Well, it appears someone is trying to sabotage Lenox’s new agency. One day the great mystery is answered–Inspector Jenkins, Lenox’s long time friend, is quoted in the paper denouncing the agency, Lenox is crushed and business comes to a grinding halt.
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