Bulldog Drummond at bay vs The black gang: Which Should You Read?

Bulldog Drummond at bay H. C. McNeile · 1935 ★★★★☆ 3.9 398 pages · ≈ 7 h 22 m · Challenging

Drummond had gone to the country seeking peace and quiet, but when on his first night a stone wrapped in a brown, blood-stained sheet of paper crashed through his window, the paper bearing the mysterious message, "Mary…

The black gang H. C. McNeile · 1922 ★★★★☆ 3.8 214 pages · ≈ 3 h 58 m · Challenging

“Aren't you giving her rather short notice, sir?" said Denny doubtfully. Drummond laid down his pen and stared at him sadly. "Sometimes, Denny, I despair of you," he answered. "Even after four years of communion with me there are moments when you relapse into your pristine brain wallow. If I gave her any longer it is just conceivable—though I admit not likely—that I might get my answer from h”

The First World War is over, but it seems that the hostilities are not. When Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond and his pals discover that foreigners are infiltrating all levels of English society - bribing, blackmailing,…