The Punch and Judy Murders
Автор:
Carr JohnЖанр:
Классические детективы;Серия:
3Дата добавления:
2013-11-16Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
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Sir Henry Merrivale (better known to the public, and to his co-workers of the Military Intelligence Department as 'H.M.') had disappeared. Two of his young friends were to be married the following day. Then a telegram arrived: MEET ME IMPERIAL HOTEL TORQUAY IMMEDIATELY EXPRESS LEAVES PADDINGTON 3:30 URGENT MERRIVALE. At once everyone was precipitated into the Punch and Judy Murders… Hours later, the prospective bridegroom, now a fugitive from justice, and dressed in an unlawfully appropriated policeman's uniform, stood at the open door of a small library, confronted with a corpse. He was wondering how he could escape from the house before the bona fide police...
