The scene is the south of France. An English lady has been murdered and a beautiful American girl has disappeared. Discovered is a body with a severed hand and an opal bracelet somehow connected to devil worship. Clearly a case for Inspector Hanaud or the Surete and his English friend Mr. Ricardo. Can Hanaud solve the two mysteries in time to prevent a second murder? Readers will be kept in a constant state of mystification until the surprising denouement.
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Alfred Edward Wooley Mason was born in 1865. He was educated at Dulwich College before being sent up to Oxford University. Once his formal education was completed, Mason went on to become an actor. He began his writing career with historical fiction and then moved into the arena of politics, becoming a Liberal Member of Parliament for Coventry in 1906. But his love of writing carried on and Mason developed his style to incorporate detective fiction, introducing one of the earliest fictional detectives, Inspector Hanaud, the Gallic counterpart to Sherlock Holmes. His detective fiction contains material clues and spontaneity. Throughout the course of his life he produced over thirty titles. A E W Mason died in 1948.
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When Mr, Julius Ricardo spoke of a gentleman-and the word was perhaps a thought too frequent upon his tongue-he meant a man who added to other fastidious qualities a sound knowledge of red wine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Joyce Whipple, Robin Webster, Evelyn Devenish, Monsieur Hanaud, Diana Tasborough, Bryce Carter, Monsieur de Mirandol, Dennis Blackett, Chiteau Suvlac, Monsieur Tidon, Domenique Pouchette, Madame Devenish, Miss Whipple, Jeanne Corisot, Cave of the Mummies, Commissaire Herbesthal, Vicomte de Mirandol, Julius Ricardo, Miss Tasborough, Vicomte Cassandre de Mirandol, Black Mass, Elias Thomson, Belle Simone, Mademoiselle Tasborough, Miss Joyce New!
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When Mr, Julius Ricardo spoke of a gentleman-and the word was perhaps a thought too frequent upon his tongue-he meant a man who added to other fastidious qualities a sound knowledge of red wine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
good conviction, tumbled bed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joyce Whipple, Robin Webster, Evelyn Devenish, Monsieur Hanaud, Diana Tasborough, Bryce Carter, Monsieur de Mirandol, Dennis Blackett, Chiteau Suvlac, Monsieur Tidon, Domenique Pouchette, Madame Devenish, Miss Whipple, Jeanne Corisot, Cave of the Mummies, Commissaire Herbesthal, Vicomte de Mirandol, Julius Ricardo, Miss Tasborough, Vicomte Cassandre de Mirandol, Black Mass, Elias Thomson, Belle Simone, Mademoiselle Tasborough, Miss Joyce New!
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- A Dashiell Hammett Companion: by Robert L. Gale on page 26
- The Rough Guide to Holland, 2nd Edition (Rough Guide to the Netherlands) by Martin Dunford on page 378
- Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel by Julian Symons on page 121
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