The Mischief-Maker is an interesting and amusing book, revolving around relations between Great Britain, France, and Germany with some characters developed very well. This collection of stories by E. Phillips Oppenheim attempts to compile many of his classic thoughts and offer them at an affordable price, consolidated in a single draft so that everyone can read them. Some stories are gruesome and bizarre, others softly creep up on you and pull you in. With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Mischief-Maker is both modern and readable. The book has so many twists and turns that can engage a reader as the story revolves around before World War I, a London politician who is falsely accused of a sexual scandal escapes to Paris and becomes embroiled in plots involving Germany, France, and England.