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      COLLINS CRIME CLUB

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      First published in Great Britain for Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1931

      Copyright © Estate of J. Jefferson Farjeon 1931

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008155919

      Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780008155926

      Version: 2016-06-28