The Black Gang (novel)

The Black Gang

First edition cover of The Black Gang
Author	H. C. McNeile (as Sapper)
Language	English
Series	Bulldog Drummond
Genre	crime fiction
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date	1922
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	318pp
OCLC	5877465
Preceded by	Bulldog Drummond
Followed by	The Third Round

The Black Gang was the second Bulldog Drummond novel. It was published in 1922 and written by H. C. McNeile under the pen name Sapper.^[1][2]

Following his experiences in Bulldog Drummond, Bulldog Drummond forms an organisation (the titular Black Gang) to operate, using brutal and illegal means, against left-wing movements in England. Alarmed by setbacks caused by the gang's activities, Carl Peterson, who is secretly the mastermind behind the left-wing movements, comes to England in disguise, accompanied by the femme fatale Irma, to stamp out the gang and gain revenge on Drummond for the events of the first novel.

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