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    The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles
    The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles
    The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles
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    The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles

    By Percy James Brebner

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateFeb 1, 2004
    The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles
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    Percy James Brebner

    Percy James Brebner; Born in Islington, The United Kingdom; March 29, 1864; Died; July 31, 1922.

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