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In a luxurious Paris card room, the Duc de Saligny is found dead, his head strikingly displayed on a stump of its neck. Despite meticulous security, the killer slips in and out unseen. Prefect Henri Bencolin, known for his flamboyant methods, suspects a fatal hand played in the cards. He assembles a sharp detective to unravel the crime and bring the perpetrator to justice. Set against the backdrop of 1930s gambling and intrigue, the novel is a quintessential Golden Age mystery.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: John Dickson Carr
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