For cinema projectionist Sid Elbridge, it seems that things can't get much worse. First, circumstantial evidence has made him the prime suspect in the police investigation of a robbery at the cinema where he works. Secondly, his fiancΓ©e Vera has been horribly killed in the same theatre, victim of a
The Murdered Schoolgirl: A Classic Crime Novel
β Scribed by John Russell Fearn
- Publisher
- Wildside Press LLC
- Year
- 2013;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Maria Black, Head of Roseway College for Young Ladies during World War II, and a textbook solver of crimes, finds herself faced with a problem after her own heart when the strange, haughty Frances Hasleigh, daughter of a somewhat mysterious British Major, enrolls in her school. Within a few days the girl is found hanged in a nearby wood, in circumstances that seem devoid of clues and without motive. Scotland Yard is called in to solve the horrifying crime, but Black Maria has her own unique system of finding a culprit. By degrees she follows a trail that leads her through a maze of intrigue. And then a second girl is found hanging in a school room...!
The second novel in the classic Black Maria series!
β¦ Subjects
A Classic Crime Novel
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