โ Scribed by Tey, Josephine
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On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant finds a dead man aboard the night train to Scotland and is drawn into the mystery of the man's death by the lines--""the singing sands, that guard the way to paradise""--that are written on the dead man's newspaper. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. NYT.
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From the Paperback edition.
On his train journey back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure -- but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin?s death?
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On his train journey back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure โ but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on
On his train journey back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure โ but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on