The Gumshoe Guild: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery

In this 37th Cyrus Skeen novel, in March, 1930, Skeen is attacked by the Association of Private Investigators Alliance (the PIA), or, as it is nicknamed, "The Gumshoe Guild," for refusing to join. He is initially approached by its president, Marshall Mostyn, to join the Guild, but Skeen rejects the invitation. Then he is visited by Harry Bridges, a union organizer at the city docks. He claims he is taking the Guild "under his wing," which meant to Skeen that he would control it. Skeen first...