Queen in Danger

HUGO BISHOP: Nobody knows what he does for a living accept solves mysteries. He is not a private investigator or police detective, but more like a Hercule Poirot -type universal problem solver, who does not work for the money but is attracted to crimes because of the intellectual challenge they offer. His confidential secretary is Vera J. Corringe, M.A. from Oxford. Hugo Bishop first appeared in KNIGHT SINISTER (1951), which was followed by other works involving chess, including BISHOP IN CHECK (1953) and QUEEN IN DANGER (1952)