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    A Confidential Report
    A Confidential Report
    A Confidential Report
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    A Confidential Report

    By Hal Meredith and Karl Wurf

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    URGENT. COME AT ONCE.—TREVELYAN, MOSTYN MANOR.

    That was all the telegram said; and, apart from the fact that Sir Otto Trevelyan, of Mostyn Manor, in Surrey, was one of the best-known financial magnates in the City of London, that was all that Sexton Blake knew of the case when he left his rooms in Baker Street and drove to Waterloo.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJan 12, 2023
    ISBN9781667602080
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