Synopsis: Lady detective Dora Myrl and Paul Beck join forces in this brisk mystery. Each are acting for a different client on a fraud case. (Goodreads)
Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (8 October 1850 – 7 June 1933) was an Irish nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Anti-Parnellite representative for North Roscommon, 1892–95, a noted author, journalist and newspaper editor, and barrister, King's Counsel (K.C.) and County Court Judge for County Clare, 1907–24. (Wikipedia)