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Inspector Arnold is called to the scene of Beatrice Datchet’s murder, where the victim lies stabbed amid a pool of blood. With the weapon unknown and no evident motive, the case remains baffling. Soon after, a faceless corpse of a man surfaces in the country village that was once Beatrice’s hometown. Arnold, joined by his friend Desmond Merrion, realizes that these two deaths may be linked and that both are tied to a mystery dating back twenty years—the disappearance of a famous explorer who failed to return.
First publish date: 1959
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Cecil John Charles Street
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