Scales of Justice
โ Scribed by Ngaio Marsh
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 1955
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A brutal murder with a golf club and an ingenious plot bursting with snobbery, suspicion , adultery and secrets --" to say nothing of the dreadful crime of catricide--ยฆ
The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes.
Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence --" but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn--โขs murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish--ยฆ
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