The Toff Is Back (1942)

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The Toff. He’s cool, he’s rich, he’s debonair. He has friends in Mayfair – and friends in Bow. He can use a gun, or his fists, but prefers to use his wits. And no one in trouble, young or old, rich or poor, is ever refused the help of the Hon. Richard Rollison – alias – The Toff. Back in London on two weeks' leave during the war, the Toff visited his old haunts in the bomb-damaged East End – and heard several disturbing rumours of wrongful arrests for looting. The underworld wasn’t slow to learn of the Toff’s arrival – almost immediately, a deliberate traffic 'accident' took place in Whitehall, followed by an ambush in the murk of Putney Common. The Toff knew Benny Dando, a former race-gang leader, was responsible. He decided to seek him out