The Pit-Prop Syndicate (Open Road)

When Seymour Merriman stopped at the side of the road twenty-six miles outside Bordeaux,�little did he know how his life was about to change. The events that followed would take�him�through an adventure wrought with mystery, smuggling, murder and love. As this classic tale�unfolds, it follows two amateurs in their attempt to unlock the mystery of changing number�plates, and all else that surrounds the pit prop syndicate, before the case is handed over to�Inspector Willis of Scotland Yard, who through thorough chasing of clues, finally manages to�unravel the scheme. Two amateur detectives stumble upon the syndicate's activity of shipping pit props (supports for coal mining equipment) from France to England and uncover a murder case