Follow the exciting adventures of Inspector James McBride as he unravels cunning plots and desperate schemes of murder and theft! In this collection of tales, we observe McBride doing what he does best - looking for that elusive clue to the case, that one secret that murderers want kept hidden. McBride never misses a trick. From the dangerous bustle of crime in a teeming metropolis to equally deadly plots in country villages, McBride fearlessly faces the murderous rage, greed and violence that lurk just beneath the thin veneer of civilisation, even when it threatens the very things he treasures most.