Jean Ireland

Bill Pierce is a public relations officer in a large London store who is always on hand when things go wrong behind the scenes.

The Battersea Bats are a gang of four kids who have their den in an abandoned building near the Thames, and they have a plan of action in mind because in about a week there is a soapbox derby being held, a contest they mean to win.

In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison.)

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Bill Pierce is a public relations officer in a large London store who is always on hand when things go wrong behind the scenes.