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    Number Seventeen: A Mystery of London
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    Number Seventeen: A Mystery of London

    By Louis Tracy

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    Sparring police partners Winter and Furneaux are back at each others throats in this mystery-thriller, as they solve the murder of Edith Lester, occupant of room "Number Seventeen".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateJun 20, 2014
    ISBN9781633553750
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    Number Seventeen: A Mystery of London
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    Louis Tracy

    Louis Tracy was a British journalist and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator of Tracy’s throughout the twentieth century.  

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      In 17 Innesmore Mansions the body of Mrs Lester is discovered. Her neighbour Francis Theydon saw, he believes, a Mr Forbes leave the apartment around the time she was killed. Chief Inspector Winter and D.I. Furneaux investigate, as they and Theydon become embroiled in a Chinese conspiracy.
      An enjoyable story
      Originally written in 1915