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by the British writer

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of Miles Burton. It was part of a lengthy series of books featuring the detective Desmond Merrion and

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Arnold of

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'' considered it " Readable enough in its old-fashioned, consequential style.".

Synopsis

Looking for a break from crime-solving Merrion heads on holiday with his wife to the seaside town of Shellmouth. Before he has been there more than a few days, however, three suspicious deaths have occurred and with Scotland Yard called in he join with Arnold to solve the mysteries.

References

Bibliography

* Evans, Curtis. ''Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961''. McFarland, 2014. * Herbert, Rosemary. ''Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing''. Oxford University Press, 2003. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1950 British novels Novels by Cecil Street British mystery novels British detective novels Collins Crime Club books Novels set in England {{1950s-mystery-novel-stub