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At a country hotel, Maxwell Cheyne falls into a drugged sleep after a lunch with a stranger, only to find his house burglarized—nothing taken, but everything questioned. The theft marks the first of several encounters with a tenacious criminal crew. Inspector French of Scotland Yard takes the case, unraveling their cryptic conspiracy and the motives behind the seemingly empty crime.
First publish date: 1926
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Freeman Wills Crofts
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