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    The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
    The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
    The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
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    The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel

    By A .E. W. Mason

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    Calladine fell for her . . . hard. They’d met that night dancing at the Semiramis Hotel and he had fallen under her spell almost immediately. All too soon the evening ended and Calladine thought he’d seen the last of her. But a few hours later she’s on his doorstep. Her name is Joan Carew and she needs his help.

    Joan quickly admits to him that she had just come form trying to steal an expensive pearl necklace. She’d made her way into the suit of her intended mark at the Semiramis Hotel, but there was someone already there. Thieves who grab her. The last thing she remembers is struggling with them as they try to bind her. A few hours later she came to alone in the room except for the dead body of the woman who had owned the pearls.

    Calladine agrees to help her immediately. This lovely woman can’t be a murderer . . . can she? Enter Inspector Hanaud, one of France’s finest detective. If anyone can get to the bottom of this case he can.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 13, 2020
    ISBN9781515443742
    The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
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    A .E. W. Mason

    A.E.W. Mason (1865-1948) was an English novelist, short story writer and politician. He was born in England and studied at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford. As a young man he participated in many extracurricular activities including sports, acting and writing. He published his first novel, A Romance of Wastdale, in 1895 followed by better known works The Four Feathers (1902) and At The Villa Rose (1910). During his career, Mason published more than 20 books as well as plays, short stories and articles.

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      I did like this short piece yet at times I felt it was trying to be too clever for its own good. I like the characters and, while the plot was good in the most part, at times I found it unappealing.

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