Truth comes limping
Truth comes limping
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Sir Clinton Driffield Mystery series #13
Clinton Driffield, hardened solver of many a knotty problem, was playing chess with his old friend, Wendover, when their game was interrupted by the news that a dead man had been found in a lane near by. It turned out to be the body of a hack journalist with a reputation for always being hard-up and for writing a particularly revealing type of biography. When a hundred pounds in notes was found near the body, blackmail was naturally suggested, and the tracing of the money back to an unpopular local land-owner, whose family had many a skeleton in the cupboard, pointed strongly to murder. Until death struck again....
Clinton Driffield, hardened solver of many a knotty problem, was playing chess with his old friend, Wendover, when their game was interrupted by the news that a dead man had been found in a lane near by. It turned out to be the body of a hack journalist with a reputation for always being hard-up and for writing a particularly revealing type of biography. When a hundred pounds in notes was found near the body, blackmail was naturally suggested, and the tracing of the money back to an unpopular local land-owner, whose family had many a skeleton in the cupboard, pointed strongly to murder. Until death struck again....
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