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In "A Shilling for Candles", Inspector Alan Grant is called to a quiet English seaside where a woman's body lies on the seacoast, her hair twisted around an eerie object that screams murder. The case quickly turns into a nightmare for the detective: scattered clues, conflicting motives, and a tension-filled investigation that tests Grant’s investigative acumen.
First publish date: 1953
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Josephine Tey
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