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The Angel
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Gerald Verner |
For months, Scotland Yard was interested in the mysterious Angela Kesson, who they dubbed 'the Angel', with her striking beauty. Her male acquaintances had dubious reputations. And in every instance,… |
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Sinister house
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Gerald Verner |
Whispering Beeches stands vacant, well back from the roadway, almost hidden by the thickly growing trees that give it its name - though since its owner, Doctor Shard, was murdered by an unknown hand … |
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Dead secret
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Gerald Verner |
Criminologist Felix Heron and his wife Thelma are called on to investigate the death of Sir Percival Trench on the hunting field. The inquest decided that it was an accident, but Sir Percival's fianc… |
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The football pool murders
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Gerald Verner |
Most people would regard winning a fortune on the football pools as a stroke of very good luck - but for three particular people, their big win is anything but lucky. For after receiving their presen… |
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The hand of fear
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Gerald Verner |
Millionaire Felix Dexon left his London hotel one morning and never returned. Then his American lawyers began to receive hand-written instructions from him to regularly transfer large sums of money a… |
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Mr. Budd investigates
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Gerald Verner |
The canvas, seemingly daubs of red and green paint, showed, on closer inspection, a woman, her crimson lips twisted in a devilish leer ... The man who had purchased the painting was found in his lodg… |
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The river house mystery
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Gerald Verner |
Impresario Montague Hammond is scared. He's received threatening, anonymous letters, signed with the drawing of a man hanging from a gallows. And someone has been watching and following him. He invit… |
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The silver horseshoe
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Gerald Verner |
John Arbinger receives an anonymous note - offering 'protection' from criminal gangs in exchange for 5,000 - with the impression of a tiny silver horseshoe in the bottom right-hand corner. Ignoring t… |
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Sorcerer's house
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Gerald Verner |
Sinister events in the village of Ferncross have given the inhabitants good reason to respect the legend surrounding derelict Threshold House: whenever a light appears in the window of the Long Room,… |
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The jockey
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Gerald Verner |
A man calling himself the Jockey begins a campaign against those who he believes have besmirched the good name of horse racing, escaping conviction through lack of evidence. In a message to the press… |
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The seven clues
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Gerald Verner |
Norris Jordan uncovers a fiendish plot and is about to give evidence to the British Government - but on his return to England he is murdered. Having anticipated this, however, he has concealed his ev… |
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The cleverness of Mr. Budd
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Gerald Verner |
Solicitor Larry Graham drives urgently to the Yorkshire Moors home of a client, Benjamin Starl, who is gravely ill. Starl's secretary, Margaret Lane, shows Larry to his bedroom but his client has bee… |
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