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    The Mystery of the Clasped Hands
    The Mystery of the Clasped Hands
    The Mystery of the Clasped Hands
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    The Mystery of the Clasped Hands

    By Guy Boothby

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    Australian-born author Guy Newell Boothby broke onto the literary scene with a series of bestselling action-adventure novels, but The Mystery of the Clasped Hands finds Boothby trying his hand at classic detective fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 6, 2017
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