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Murder in the Maze

Alfred Walter Stewart

Publisher: Passerino

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Summary

Murder in the Maze is the third criminous novel by Alfred Walter Stewart.

Alfred Walter Stewart (5 September 1880 – 1 July 1947) was a British chemist and part-time novelist who wrote seventeen detective novels and a pioneering science fiction work between 1923 and 1947 under the pseudonym of JJ Connington. He created several fictional detectives, including Superintendent Ross and Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield.
Available since: 08/07/2023.

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