Scoundrels and Company is a novel by Coulson Kernahan, first published in 1899. The story takes place in London and follows the adventures of the protagonist, John Holman, a young man who has fallen on hard times and is struggling to make ends meet. Holman is approached by a group of men who offer him a job as a spy, and he reluctantly accepts. The men are part of a criminal organization, and Holman soon finds himself caught up in their dangerous...