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Byron Wilmot is known for staging elaborate practical jokes, including one that fooled the police. When he’s found dead with a knife in his chest, Mrs. North realizes she has to solve the murder to keep her husband from getting the last laugh. From Mysterious Press.
First publish date: 1953
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Frances Louise Davis Lockridge
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