Maurice Wynn is correspondent in Saint-Petersburg for a London journal when he learns that the woman he loves is in danger. Set amid the Russian Revolution in 1905, the Red Symbol is a romantic adventure packed with a lot of action and suspense. (Goodreads)
John Ironside (1866-??), pseudonym of Euphemia Margaret Tait. Born in Liverpool; educated privately; journalist and novelist. Series character Inspector Freeman appears in two of her eight crime novels, The Red Symbol and The Marten Mystery.