I'm trying for research purposes to identify a novel by the pulp writer L. Patrick Greene that was translated in Finnish in 1944. It had earlier, in 1943, come out as a serial in a Finnish newspaper, but none of the editions state what the title of the book is originally. Its Finnish title is "Diamond Shaft", meaning "Timanttikuilu", but there's no title by Greene under that title. The book starts with the diamong smuggler Aubrey St. John Major rescuing a woman who's getting a beating in an alley, but soon he finds out it's a scam and they were only after his money. Later on a man called Soapy Sam Richards makes him a proposal about a mysterious diamond shaft, and there are several other people after the diamonds as well. There's also a scene in which St. John Major talks about using a monocle with a policeman.
Does anyone reading this blog recognize the book or the serial from this? Any tip would be appreciated. The writer's name is misspelled in the Finnish book.
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