Transcriber's Notes:
Text uses both St. Alban's and St. Albans.
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About This Book
A narrator who moves to the outskirts of a country town to learn motoring and pursue a courtship becomes drawn into a series of violent road hold-ups carried out by a mysterious motorized outlaw. Local tensions, including rivalry with an attractive newcomer, intersect with escalating crimes that include robbery, murder, and a baffling disappearance. The narrator is arrested, then collaborates with an investigating inspector while participating in reconnaissance, ambushes, a risky burglary, and armed confrontations in pursuit of leads. Wounds, rescues, and mounting clues lead to final revelations about the outlaw's identity and motives, and a resolving of personal loyalties complicated by a romantic subplot.