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THE TREBLE CHANCE MURDER - The crime classic! - cover

THE TREBLE CHANCE MURDER - The crime classic!

Victor Gunn

Publisher: BookRix

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Summary

Chief Inspector Cromwell is spending a fishing vacation in Kent when one of the locals is found dead in the village pond after winning £ 200,000 in Sherwood's Treble Chance. The coroner's jury brings in a verdict of wilful murder and Ironsides, much to his disgust, is instructed to take charge of the investigation. But it isn't until after a second murder, that the whily Cromwell gets ready for the kill...
Available since: 12/21/2023.
Print length: 261 pages.

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