Judith Lorne is distraught: her fiance, James Mellor, has disappeared after being accused of murder - an accusation she finds impossible to believe. But the man Clarissa Arden also knows as James Mellor is quite capable of murder. In steps the Toff to untangle the threads of blackmail and hatred whi
Kill the Toff
β Scribed by Creasey, John
- Book ID
- 106951642
- Publisher
- papachanjo
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Series
- Toff 23; HR-116
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Judith Lome is distraught; her fiance, James Mellor, has disappeared. Heβs accused of murderβsomething she finds impossible to believe. But the man Clarissa Arden also knows as James Mellor is quite capable of committing murder. James, meanwhile, is in a dingy bedsitter in a state of panic and about to take his own life. Into this confusion steps The Toff. Moving with debonair charm between the country houses of the gentry and the low dives of the East End, he must disentangle the threads of blackmail and hatred if he is to succeed in preventing the deaths of innocent men.
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