Sexton Blake: Yvonne's Vengeance

Sexton Blake Meets His Greatest Female Foe!
“What a wonderful woman!... What a brain—what thoroughness! Truly, my unknown friend, you give the chase a decided zest!” ~Sexton Blake, Beyond Reach of the Law

Mademoiselle Yvonne Cartier. Yvonne the Adventuress. The Princess of Mystery. Whatever her title, most fans agree her first appearance changed Sexton Blake’s world forever. No female adversary before her matched her in style and daring, no one before her captured the detective’s heart so thoroughly. She quickly became a fan favourite and appeared in Blake adventures for thirteen years, at first matching wits with the great detective and then later fighting alongside him.

Yvonne’s story begins with an act of betrayal. Towards the end of the Edwardian age, the Cartiers are swindled out of their land in Australia. Yvonne swears vengeance upon the eight men who destroyed her family and begins to go after them one by one. Her exploits were wildly popular, the general public enthralled by the tale of a young woman righting wrongs in the vein of a female Count of Monte Cristo. Readers wrote in from all around the globe, praising the Yvonne tales, some asking the editors to have Sexton Blake marry Yvonne and have them fight crime side by side.

The ‘Vengeance Series’ ran in the Union Jack from January to July 1913 and was comprised of the eight titles collected in this anthology: Beyond Reach of Law, When Greek Meets Greek, On the Brink of Ruin, Settling Day, A Minister of the Crown, The Detective Airman, The Missing Guests and By Right of Possession. Of special note: When Greek Meets Greek also marks the debut of legendary Blake foe Dr. Huxton Rymer. You’ll find out more about him in our second Teed anthology Sexton Blake: Rymer and Wu Ling.

George Hamilton Teed (1886-1938) was a Canadian author who specialized in adventure fiction and detective stories. He is best remembered for his tales of Sexton Blake, a fictional British detective who was wildly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Over 200 authors penned Blake tales throughout the character’s 70-year run, and Teed is considered by many to be “the master of them all.”

This is the first of fourteen anthologies that collects G. H. Teed’s most popular works from 1913 to 1917. Each edition includes all of the original illustrations! Enjoy!

Reviews

Beyond Reach of Law
★★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana

When Greek Meets Greek
★★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana

Looking for more Sexton Blake? Check out our other titles:

The Teed Files
Sexton Blake: Yvonne’s Vengeance
Sexton Blake: Rymer and Wu Ling
Sexton Blake: Wu Ling Strikes Again
Sexton Blake: Cunning Schemes
Sexton Blake: Palmer and Beauremon
Sexton Blake: Dawn of the Great War
Sexton Blake: Schemes and Scandals

The Golden Age
Sexton Blake: Spy Stories
Sexton Blake: The Ferraro Files #1
Sexton Blake: The Three Murrays
Sexton Blake: The Claire Delisle Files
Sexton Blake: Spy Stories #2

The Master Criminals
Sexton Blake: The Master Criminals
Sexton Blake: The First Super Villains
Sexton Blake: The Plummer Files
Sexton Blake: The Kew Files
Sexton Blake: The Carlac Files

The Criminals' Confederation Series
Sexton Blake: The Bat Files
Sexton Blake: The Bat Files #2
Sexton Blake: The Bat Files #3
Sexton Blake: The Bat Files #4
Sexton Blake: Confederation Rising
Sexton Blake: The Sinister Island Saga
Sexton Blake: Yvonne Joins the Fight
Sexton Blake: Beware the Shadow
Sexton Blake: Plots and Intrigues
Sexton Blake: Reversals of Fortune
Sexton Blake: The Rival Presidents
Sexton Blake: Reece’s Republic
Sexton Blake: Twists in the Trail
Sexton Blake: Final Curtain

George Hamilton Teed (1886-1938) was a Canadian author who specialized in adventure fiction and detective stories. He is best remembered for his tales of Sexton Blake, a fictional British detective who was wildly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Over 200 authors penned Blake tales throughout the character's 70-year run, and Teed is considered by many to be "the master of them all."