Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon — Laurence Meynell

His passion for the fair sex and English pubs aside, he had been known to solve a crime or two as a private investigator, profiting from the idiocies of this comic adventure called life. Now he's been hired to find a rebellious poor little rich girl who has taken up with some unsavory characters. Dad isn't comfortable swimming in the murky waters of London's underground. Hooky, however, feels quite at home. He's never minded helping out a pretty face, and Virginia Chanderley is that-but young and angry, she's also easy prey for a professional crook planning to steal a priceless painting. In fact, lovely Virginia has got herself into more trouble then even Hooky Hefferman-London P.I. and soldier of fortune-knows how to handle.