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From Clue To Capture - A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories - cover

From Clue To Capture - A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories

Dick Donovan

Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

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Summary

Written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. In these thrilling stories, Muddock writes under the guise of his fictional alter ego – the private detective Dick Donovan. From the murky underworld of Victorian London to the grand houses of the upper classes, Donovan investigates crime in all its forms, recovering priceless jewels, exposing villainous conspiracies and solving dastardly murders!
Available since: 03/08/2022.
Print length: 235 pages.

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