The Club of Queer Trades

<p>Charles Swinburne and his friend, the private detective Rupert Grant, are startled when Major Brown recounts the things that happened to him that morning. Along with Rupert’s brother, the ex-judge Basil Grant, they launch headlong into their investigation only to discover that the antagonist is a member of the Club of Queer Trades. Over the course of six short stories, the secrets of the Club come to light in surprising ways.</p>

<p><i>The Club of Queer Trades</i> was one of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton"><abbr>G. K.</abbr> Chesterton’s</a> earlier works, and was originally serialized in <i>Harper’s Weekly</i> in 1904 before being collected into a novel in 1905. In recent years it was produced as a six-part radio drama by the BBC.</p>