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No Wind of Blame


Book ID
126078252
Year
1939
Tongue
English
Weight
327 KB
Category
Standards

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✦ Synopsis


The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossibleβ€”no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that mayβ€”or may notβ€”be at the heart of the case…

✦ Subjects


detective


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