The client had an extraordinary air of assurance about her — one could almost say a queenly air.
There was no doubt that she was in some sort of jam, which had started years before when she had won a beauty contest. The question was, why was...
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The second adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series
Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663.
Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin, but soon...
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Before the last echo of the shot had trailed down Riverside Drive, Ellery Queen realized that he had just witnessed a murder. Robert Potts lay shot through the heart. Not only had Ellery Queen been a witness but also Inspector Queen and Sergeant...
Автор: Вулрич Корнелл , Tinsley Theodore
Серия: Detective Fiction Weekly
Язык: английский
Год: 1936
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