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Affiche du document Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines — Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
W. Ramsay Smith
2h04min30
Contes et Légendes
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166 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h04min.
First published in 1929 under the title “Native Legends.” With this colorful compilation of oral traditions, readers can savor tales as they were told by their aboriginal narrators ― from reverent recountings of the origins of the world and human life, to stories about the roots of religious and social customs, to fanciful and humorous animal fables.

Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
W. Ramsay Smith
2h04min30
Contes et Légendes
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166 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h04min.
First published in 1929 under the title “Native Legends.” With this colorful compilation of oral traditions, readers can savor tales as they were told by their aboriginal narrators ― from reverent recountings of the origins of the world and human life, to stories about the roots of religious and social customs, to fanciful and humorous animal fables.

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Affiche du document Tish Plays the Game — Tish Plays the Game
Mary Roberts Rinehart
1h30min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
The story follows the spirited and determined character Letitia "Tish" Carberry as she embarks on her various escapades, often involving her friends Aggie and Lizzie. Tish's unconventional perspective on life leads her into amusing predicaments, especially as she engages in a golf tournament with the aim of helping the lovesick Bobby Anderson win over the champion golfer Nettie Lynn. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the dynamic among Tish, Aggie, and Lizzie, who are concerned about Tish's eccentric behavior, highlighted by her obsession with golf and its social implications. The trio discusses Tish's various schemes and quirks while recounting the history of her interactions with both the members of the community and her friends. Conflicts arise as Tish's actions, driven by her desire to see the two young lovers happily united, lead to unforeseen complications, all exposed with Rinehart's signature wit and charm.

Tish Plays the Game
Mary Roberts Rinehart
1h30min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
The story follows the spirited and determined character Letitia "Tish" Carberry as she embarks on her various escapades, often involving her friends Aggie and Lizzie. Tish's unconventional perspective on life leads her into amusing predicaments, especially as she engages in a golf tournament with the aim of helping the lovesick Bobby Anderson win over the champion golfer Nettie Lynn. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the dynamic among Tish, Aggie, and Lizzie, who are concerned about Tish's eccentric behavior, highlighted by her obsession with golf and its social implications. The trio discusses Tish's various schemes and quirks while recounting the history of her interactions with both the members of the community and her friends. Conflicts arise as Tish's actions, driven by her desire to see the two young lovers happily united, lead to unforeseen complications, all exposed with Rinehart's signature wit and charm.

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Affiche du document The Silver Desert — The Silver Desert
Ernest Haycox
1h27min00
Roman historique
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116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
Like his father and grandfather, Tom Sebastian stands ready to fight for the family ranch. He knows it will take more than cattle and cash to save the spread from a ruthless band of outlaws hell-bent on destroying Tom and the sprawling land.

The Silver Desert
Ernest Haycox
1h27min00
Roman historique
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116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
Like his father and grandfather, Tom Sebastian stands ready to fight for the family ranch. He knows it will take more than cattle and cash to save the spread from a ruthless band of outlaws hell-bent on destroying Tom and the sprawling land.

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Affiche du document The Mayfair Mystery: 2835 Mayfair — The Mayfair Mystery: 2835 Mayfair
Frank Richardson
2h00min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
The body of a wealthy man is discovered by his valet. The valet hurried to a friend of the dead man to tell him of the tragedy. They return to find the body gone! The motive of the murder becomes a deeper mystery still, and no clue seems to lead anywhere. Little by little, however, evidence is built up round a theory, and clever detective work triumphs in the end. First published in 1907 as ''2835 Mayfair'' and in 1929 as “The Mayfair Mystery”, this historical detective mystery has lost none of its appeal over time, and for ingenuity and dramatic situations is hard to beat.

The Mayfair Mystery: 2835 Mayfair
Frank Richardson
2h00min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
The body of a wealthy man is discovered by his valet. The valet hurried to a friend of the dead man to tell him of the tragedy. They return to find the body gone! The motive of the murder becomes a deeper mystery still, and no clue seems to lead anywhere. Little by little, however, evidence is built up round a theory, and clever detective work triumphs in the end. First published in 1907 as ''2835 Mayfair'' and in 1929 as “The Mayfair Mystery”, this historical detective mystery has lost none of its appeal over time, and for ingenuity and dramatic situations is hard to beat.

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Affiche du document A Rider of the High Mesa — A Rider of the High Mesa
Ernest Haycox
50min15
Roman historique
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67 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 50min.
Lin Ballou rides into High Mesa territory on a mission to save ranchers from ruin, but it means an inevitable showdown with the outlaw named Chatto! (complete and unabridged full novel edition)

A Rider of the High Mesa
Ernest Haycox
50min15
Roman historique
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67 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 50min.
Lin Ballou rides into High Mesa territory on a mission to save ranchers from ruin, but it means an inevitable showdown with the outlaw named Chatto! (complete and unabridged full novel edition)

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Affiche du document Called Back — Called Back
Hugh Conway
1h14min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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99 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h14min.
By the purest of accidents the man who is blind accidentally comes on the scene of a murder. He cannot see what is happening but he can hear. He is seen by the assassins who, on discovering him to be blind, allow him to go without harming him. Soon afterwards he recovers his sight and later falls in love with a mysterious woman who is in some way involved in the crime…. The mystery deepens and only after a series of memorable thrills is the tangled skein unravelled. First published in 1883, this mystery thriller was a huge success, selling 350,000 copies in its first year.

Called Back
Hugh Conway
1h14min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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99 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h14min.
By the purest of accidents the man who is blind accidentally comes on the scene of a murder. He cannot see what is happening but he can hear. He is seen by the assassins who, on discovering him to be blind, allow him to go without harming him. Soon afterwards he recovers his sight and later falls in love with a mysterious woman who is in some way involved in the crime…. The mystery deepens and only after a series of memorable thrills is the tangled skein unravelled. First published in 1883, this mystery thriller was a huge success, selling 350,000 copies in its first year.

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Affiche du document Devil's Reckoning — Devil's Reckoning
Miles Burton
1h33min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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124 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h33min.
A village steeped in black magic, an aristocratic vicar and his wayward wife (whose corpse turns up on the family tomb), and a neat tying-in of local legend.

Devil's Reckoning
Miles Burton
1h33min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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124 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h33min.
A village steeped in black magic, an aristocratic vicar and his wayward wife (whose corpse turns up on the family tomb), and a neat tying-in of local legend.

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Affiche du document The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn — The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h38min15
Roman historique
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131 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h38min.
The sixth book in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike, in which the doctor travels to Wales to compete with another smuggler.

The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h38min15
Roman historique
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131 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h38min.
The sixth book in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike, in which the doctor travels to Wales to compete with another smuggler.

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Affiche du document Doctor Syn on the High Seas — Doctor Syn on the High Seas
Russell Thorndyke
1h23min15
Roman historique
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111 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h23min.
A young clergyman, Christopher Syn, loses his wife to a seducer. He embarks on a quest of vengeance, taking on the identity of the pirate Captain Clegg to hunt them down over the course of many years.

Doctor Syn on the High Seas
Russell Thorndyke
1h23min15
Roman historique
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111 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h23min.
A young clergyman, Christopher Syn, loses his wife to a seducer. He embarks on a quest of vengeance, taking on the identity of the pirate Captain Clegg to hunt them down over the course of many years.

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Affiche du document The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn — The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h41min15
Roman historique
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135 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h41min.
Doctor Syn continues his adventures as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, foiling all attempts to catch him and to break up the Dymchurch smugglers.

The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h41min15
Roman historique
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135 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h41min.
Doctor Syn continues his adventures as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, foiling all attempts to catch him and to break up the Dymchurch smugglers.

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Affiche du document Murder, M. D. — Murder, M. D.
Miles Burton
1h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
Two locums are killed while a doctor is away on military service. It seems the doctor's family must be responsible, but Merrion has other ideas.

Murder, M. D.
Miles Burton
1h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
Two locums are killed while a doctor is away on military service. It seems the doctor's family must be responsible, but Merrion has other ideas.

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Affiche du document The Chinese Puzzle — The Chinese Puzzle
Miles Burton
1h36min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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128 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h36min.
Bradford's first instinct was to blow a resounding blast on his whistle, hoping that one or more of his colleagues on adjoining beats would hear it. Then he pounded up Swanton Street until he reached the source of the clamour, which came from the area of Number Fifteen. He knew the house well, for it was occupied by one Spotty Jim, who had for some time been under police observation.

The Chinese Puzzle
Miles Burton
1h36min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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128 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h36min.
Bradford's first instinct was to blow a resounding blast on his whistle, hoping that one or more of his colleagues on adjoining beats would hear it. Then he pounded up Swanton Street until he reached the source of the clamour, which came from the area of Number Fifteen. He knew the house well, for it was occupied by one Spotty Jim, who had for some time been under police observation.

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Affiche du document Death Takes a Detour — Death Takes a Detour
Miles Burton
1h30min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion have tackled many curious and difficult cases in their time but never one which led them on a longer and more puzzling trail than the death of Donald Carswell. It began when a sudden summer flood swept down on Brensford and marooned visitors and inhabitants alike in the attics and top floors of their houses. Before the waters had gone down a killer had struck. It was the odd behavior of many of the suspects which first began to puzzle the man from the Yard and his friend. Each theory they tested seemed to point to a criminal activity—but none of them seemed to point to a murderer. Arnold's steady determination and Merrion's fertile imagination make the two a formidable team. But in ''Death Takes a Detour'' they need to use all their ingenuity and resources to untangle an absorbing and complex case of the sort for which Miles Burton is famous.

Death Takes a Detour
Miles Burton
1h30min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion have tackled many curious and difficult cases in their time but never one which led them on a longer and more puzzling trail than the death of Donald Carswell. It began when a sudden summer flood swept down on Brensford and marooned visitors and inhabitants alike in the attics and top floors of their houses. Before the waters had gone down a killer had struck. It was the odd behavior of many of the suspects which first began to puzzle the man from the Yard and his friend. Each theory they tested seemed to point to a criminal activity—but none of them seemed to point to a murderer. Arnold's steady determination and Merrion's fertile imagination make the two a formidable team. But in ''Death Takes a Detour'' they need to use all their ingenuity and resources to untangle an absorbing and complex case of the sort for which Miles Burton is famous.

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Affiche du document The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn — The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h06min45
Roman historique
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89 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h7min.
Syn, in his guise as the Scarecrow, outwits the king's agents and tries to keep his band of Dymchurch smugglers out of prison. "A likable rascal with much courage and a pretty wit," according to the Western Mail, "his escapades make enthralling reading."

The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndyke
1h06min45
Roman historique
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89 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h7min.
Syn, in his guise as the Scarecrow, outwits the king's agents and tries to keep his band of Dymchurch smugglers out of prison. "A likable rascal with much courage and a pretty wit," according to the Western Mail, "his escapades make enthralling reading."

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Affiche du document Doctor Syn Returns — Doctor Syn Returns
Russell Thorndyke
1h39min00
Roman historique
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132 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h39min.
Third in the series of Doctor Syn novels. Syn, who has tired of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

Doctor Syn Returns
Russell Thorndyke
1h39min00
Roman historique
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132 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h39min.
Third in the series of Doctor Syn novels. Syn, who has tired of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

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Affiche du document Death Leaves No Card — Death Leaves No Card
Miles Burton
1h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
When Death pays a call he generally leaves a card behind... even if it sometimes takes a pathologist to find it. But on the morning that he visited the bathroom at Forstal Farm, he did it incognito. It took a man with a crowbar to break down the bathroom door, and there on the floor was Basil Maplewood, naked, with one foot still hanging over the edge of the bath. Basil was only twenty-one, and in the very pink of health, but the post-mortem didn't help much... no violence, no sign of poison. Here is a mystery in a thousand, and one that almost - but not quite - threw dust in the eyes of Inspector Arnold and his colleagues.

Death Leaves No Card
Miles Burton
1h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
When Death pays a call he generally leaves a card behind... even if it sometimes takes a pathologist to find it. But on the morning that he visited the bathroom at Forstal Farm, he did it incognito. It took a man with a crowbar to break down the bathroom door, and there on the floor was Basil Maplewood, naked, with one foot still hanging over the edge of the bath. Basil was only twenty-one, and in the very pink of health, but the post-mortem didn't help much... no violence, no sign of poison. Here is a mystery in a thousand, and one that almost - but not quite - threw dust in the eyes of Inspector Arnold and his colleagues.

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Affiche du document The Scarecrow Rides — The Scarecrow Rides
Russell Thorndyke
2h10min30
Roman historique
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174 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h10min.
An expanded version of Doctor Syn Returns, retitled The Scarecrow Rides, published 1935. Third in the series of Doctor Syn novels. Syn, who has tired of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

The Scarecrow Rides
Russell Thorndyke
2h10min30
Roman historique
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174 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h10min.
An expanded version of Doctor Syn Returns, retitled The Scarecrow Rides, published 1935. Third in the series of Doctor Syn novels. Syn, who has tired of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

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Affiche du document Look Alive — Look Alive
Miles Burton
1h53min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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151 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h53min.
How can an elderly lady, discovered lying dead in a hammock by her great-niece and companion, be sitting up and calmly giving an interview with reporters only minutes later? That is the perplexing question that comes to the ears of debonair sleuth Desmond Merrion in this mystery from the prolific pen of Major John Street, writing under his Miles Burton pseudonym. Merrion is on the scene with alacrity, investigating the old woman’s history, including the estranged nature of her relationships with her surviving family. Soon his inquiries lead him to unearth not one but two dead bodies in a secluded boat house – one of which has been there a matter of days but the other has been reduced to a skeleton.

Look Alive
Miles Burton
1h53min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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151 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h53min.
How can an elderly lady, discovered lying dead in a hammock by her great-niece and companion, be sitting up and calmly giving an interview with reporters only minutes later? That is the perplexing question that comes to the ears of debonair sleuth Desmond Merrion in this mystery from the prolific pen of Major John Street, writing under his Miles Burton pseudonym. Merrion is on the scene with alacrity, investigating the old woman’s history, including the estranged nature of her relationships with her surviving family. Soon his inquiries lead him to unearth not one but two dead bodies in a secluded boat house – one of which has been there a matter of days but the other has been reduced to a skeleton.

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Affiche du document Death Takes the Living — Death Takes the Living
Miles Burton
1h33min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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125 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold investigate the disappearance of the newly appointed vicar of the fictitious coastal community of Clynde. The Reverend Jonathon Denby is well connected, the son of a baronet and with a cousin who is a government minister, so Arnold finds himself under pressure to solve the case swiftly. But when a body is discovered floating in the sea nearby the two detectives find themselves investigating a murder.

Death Takes the Living
Miles Burton
1h33min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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125 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold investigate the disappearance of the newly appointed vicar of the fictitious coastal community of Clynde. The Reverend Jonathon Denby is well connected, the son of a baronet and with a cousin who is a government minister, so Arnold finds himself under pressure to solve the case swiftly. But when a body is discovered floating in the sea nearby the two detectives find themselves investigating a murder.

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Affiche du document The Moth-Watch Murder — The Moth-Watch Murder
Miles Burton
1h47min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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143 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h47min.
When a party of schoolboys assemble for a moth watching party, the occasion turns out to be fatal not only to the moths. What is the explanation of the ruthless and deliberate killing of a normal, cheerful schoolboy whom everyone liked? Inspector Ferriby realises that in this unusual puzzle he will need the help of Scotland Yard, and he is additionally pleased when Desmond Merrion turns up to assist in the investigation. Before long the police find themselves with a further mystery on their hands, when the body of a woman is found floating in the river. All the clues in the possession of the police only seem to deepen the mystery. The investigation is about to be abandoned when a third death, more dramatic and startling even than the others, opens the way to a surprising solution.No writer can weave a mystery more neatly than Miles Burton, and only a reader with an unusually keen eye for the hidden clues will succeed in unravelling this one before the author is ready with the exciting revelations that fit everything into its appropriate place. Mr. Burton’s ingenuity is as subtle and satisfying as ever.

The Moth-Watch Murder
Miles Burton
1h47min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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143 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h47min.
When a party of schoolboys assemble for a moth watching party, the occasion turns out to be fatal not only to the moths. What is the explanation of the ruthless and deliberate killing of a normal, cheerful schoolboy whom everyone liked? Inspector Ferriby realises that in this unusual puzzle he will need the help of Scotland Yard, and he is additionally pleased when Desmond Merrion turns up to assist in the investigation. Before long the police find themselves with a further mystery on their hands, when the body of a woman is found floating in the river. All the clues in the possession of the police only seem to deepen the mystery. The investigation is about to be abandoned when a third death, more dramatic and startling even than the others, opens the way to a surprising solution.No writer can weave a mystery more neatly than Miles Burton, and only a reader with an unusually keen eye for the hidden clues will succeed in unravelling this one before the author is ready with the exciting revelations that fit everything into its appropriate place. Mr. Burton’s ingenuity is as subtle and satisfying as ever.

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