Edition: U.S. / Global  Article Preview  A Detective Story.; A
COIN OF EDWARD VII.    • Permissions  Since Sherlock Holmes
introduced his bloodless method of detective work we have become
squeamish at any exhibition of detective skill more brutal than
his polite methods. In Mr. Hume's story the crime rather than
its unraveling is always paramount. Mr. Hume makes his heroine
sail under so very black a cloud that from the first one is
certain she can't possibly be as villainous as she appears.