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John Dickson Carr delivers a classic whodunit in which a woman is found strangled and the perpetrator inexplicably slips away without leaving a trace in the wet sand. The investigation hinges on piecing together the baffling absence of footprints and the suggestion of a witch‑like figure orchestrating the crime. Readers are drawn into a suspenseful narrative that blends forensic inquiry with a touch of supernatural mystique.
First publish date: 1961
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: John Dickson Carr
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