The Iron Grip

The Iron Grip is a collection of ten stories, in each of which Jack Bryce is commissioned by Mr. James Hemmer of Hemmer & Hemmer, an eminent firm of lawyers, to address cases where the lawyers were "constantly getting into difficulties from which private detectives and the ordinary resources of the law cannot extricate" them.

The similarity between Jack Bryce and Anthony "The Brigand" Newton is unmistakable. There is, however, one significant difference between Newton and Bryce: the Brigand succeeds in making a living through "the art of gentle robbery" using his brain and wit; the protagonist of The Iron Grip thwarts crime using his muscles, and, on the odd occasion, his brain and his looks.