The Case of the Obliging Tourist is the second short story in the fourth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories entitled Biggles and the Pirate Treasure. The anthology was first published in July, 1954 by Brockhampton. In the anthology, this story is preceded by Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (short story) and followed by Night Flight.
Synopsis[]
A broken sock suspender takes Biggles to the shops where he meets an ex-W.A.A.F. girl who used to work in his squadron. She tells him how she met a stranger while holidaying in Nice, France and how he had asked her to post a parcel for him when she returned to England. Biggles is, as always, suspicious.
Plot[]
See the article under Carlo Antonio Barrosa for a summary of the plot.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Biggles
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
- Gaskin
Others[]
Aircraft[]
There are no aircraft in this story. Even the W.A.A.F. returned to England by train!
Places[]
Visited[]
- London
- Scotland Yard - Gaskin's office
- Cermak's newspaper and tobacco shop, 101A Tottenham Court Road
Mentioned[]
- Hotel Ruhl, Nice
- Parkes, the furnishing people in Holborn
- Rue de la Paix, Paris
- Regent's Park
- Victoria Station