<p>In 'The Flying Squad', Edgar Wallace meticulously crafts a narrative steeped in the suspenseful underbelly of crime and retaliation, entwining the fates of Ann Perryman and a rogue's gallery of smugglers against the storied backdrop of Scotland Yard's elite unit. The novel is redolent with Wallace's characteristic pacing and revels in the intricacies of plot typical of the early 20th-century mystery genre. His nuanced grasp of the crime milieu...