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Miles Bredon, an investigator for the Indescribable Insurance Company, is called to Scotland when Colin Reiver—once acquitted of a fatal child‑car‑accident—vanishes from a sea cruise and is later discovered dead by the roadside. The body disappears and reappears within 48 hours, complicating the case and threatening a hefty insurance premium. Bredon must determine precisely when the death occurred to protect the insurer and expose the hidden truth behind the mysterious death.
First publish date: 1934
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Ronald Arbuthnott Knox
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