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Name: Bats in the Belfry
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: E. C. R. Lorac

Bruce Attleen, a novelist whose early works dazzled London’s literary scene, falls into obscurity after his second novel. His glamorous wife Sybilla, an actress, juggles their separate lives in Regent’s Park. When Bruce is unexpectedly called to Paris, he disappears, leaving only a suitcase and passport found in the grimy studio of the Belfry, a decaying house in Notting Hill. Inspector Macdonald is tasked with uncovering Bruce’s secrets and identifying the mysterious blackmailer that may have driven him into the shadows of 1930s London.

First publish date: 1937

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: E. C. R. Lorac

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