The story opens with a meeting at Scotland between the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; Sir Graham Forbes, Chief Inspector Dale and Superintendent Harvey. The topic of conversation is a mysterious series of jewel robberies. The latest in the series has just occurred in Birmingham; Dale believes they are all unrelated, but Harvey is inclined to agree with Inspector Merritt (a local officer - first on the scene in this case) who is of the opinion that there is a criminal organisation at work, and that this gang committed the earlier robberies. A nightwatchman has died after being chloroformed. He was semi conscious when Harvey arrived, and all he said was "the Green Finger..." It transpires that a suspect in the earlier robberies dying words were also "the Green Finger...". What is it? Sir Graham tells Dale and Harvey that this is something they must find out.
The story opens with a meeting at Scotland between the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; Sir Graham Forbes, Chief Inspector Dale and Superintendent Harvey. The topic of conversation is a mysterious series of jewel robberies. The latest in the series has just occurred in Birmingham; Dale believes they are all unrelated, but Harvey is inclined to agree with Inspector Merritt (a local officer - first on the scene in this case) who is of the opinion that there is a criminal organisation at work, and that this gang committed the earlier robberies. A nightwatchman has died after being chloroformed. He was semi conscious when Harvey arrived, and all he said was "the Green Finger..." It transpires that a suspect in the earlier robberies dying words were also "the Green Finger...". What is it? Sir Graham tells Dale and Harvey that this is something they must find out.
The story opens with a meeting at Scotland between the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; Sir Graham Forbes, Chief Inspector Dale and Superintendent Harvey. The topic of conversation is a mysterious series of jewel robberies. The latest in the series has just occurred in Birmingham; Dale believes they are all unrelated, but Harvey is inclined to agree with Inspector Merritt (a local officer - first on the scene in this case) who is of the opinion that there is a criminal organisation at work, and that this gang committed the earlier robberies. A nightwatchman has died after being chloroformed. He was semi conscious when Harvey arrived, and all he said was "the Green Finger..." It transpires that a suspect in the earlier robberies dying words were also "the Green Finger...". What is it? Sir Graham tells Dale and Harvey that this is something they must find out.
Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge. Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. With his wife Louise, affectionately known as Steve in reference to her journalistic pen name 'Steve Trent', he solves whodunnit crimes through subtle, humorously articulated deduction. Always the gentleman, the strongest oath he ever utters is "by Timothy".Created for the BBC radio serial Send for Paul Temple in 1938, the Temples featured in more than 30 BBC radio dramas, twelve serials for German radio, four British feature films, a dozen novels, and a BBC television series. A Paul Temple daily newspaper strip ran in the London Evening News for two decades
Just as Paul and Steve are about to go on holiday, Wilfrid Sterling visits with a plea. His daughter Brenda was recently murdered, her body dumped on a bomb site. Her boyfriend Howard Gilbert seen walking away from the site, has been convicted of the murder and sentenced to hang - but Brenda's father feels sure he didn't do it, in spite of all the evidence against Gilbert. Mr. Stirling asks Paul to clear his name and discover the real murderer.
Just as Paul and Steve are about to go on holiday, Wilfrid Sterling visits with a plea. His daughter Brenda was recently murdered, her body dumped on a bomb site. Her boyfriend Howard Gilbert seen walking away from the site, has been convicted of the murder and sentenced to hang - but Brenda's father feels sure he didn't do it, in spite of all the evidence against Gilbert. Mr. Stirling asks Paul to clear his name and discover the real murderer.