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In Cecil John Charles Street’s detective tale, a group of schoolboys gathers for a nocturnal moth‑watching party that quickly devolves into tragedy when one child is brutally killed. Inspector Ferriby, grappling with an unusually perplexing case, finds unexpected aid from Scotland Yard’s Desmond Merrion. As the investigation deepens, the police discover a woman’s floating body in the river, raising new questions. The narrative escalates with a third, even more dramatic death, and the trio of investigators must piece together the evidence to reach a surprising resolution.
First publish date: 1957
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Cecil John Charles Street
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