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Synopsis

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goes wrong, leaving a nightwatchman dead. Police follow up various lines of inquiry.

References

Bibliography

* Herbert, Rosemary. ''Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing''. Oxford University Press, 2003. * Evans, Curtis. ''Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961''. McFarland, 2014. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1936 British novels Novels by Henry Wade British mystery novels British thriller novels British crime novels British detective novels Constable & Co. books Novels set in London {{1930s-crime-novel-stub