First published in 1953, ‘Biggles of the Special Air Police’ is a collection of 14 short stories featuring Biggles and his colleagues. The stories fall into two sections – the first 7 are, as you might expect, simplistic mysteries featuring Biggles and his colleagues in their job as detectives with the fictional ‘Air Police’ section of Scotland Yard. The remaining 7 stories are early Biggles stories set in WW1 and are drawn from the 1932 collection ‘The Camels are Coming’. The difference in writing style is noticeable – the early stories feature a much greater attention to detail, not surprising as the author was a WW1 aviator and was thus able to draw on personal knowledge. The later stories feature some some often bonkers plots and sloppy detail, and bend the rules of aviation somewhat. A fun read nevertheless.