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The Man Who Bought London

by Edgar Wallace · 1915

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King Kerry is going to buy London. This morning he is on his way to buy shops in Oxford Street. Elsie Marion is late for work when she falls into conversation with him. Suddenly two shots ring out. They miss, but King Kerry seems to know his attacker. From a high office window a man shakes his fist: someday, the man vows, 'I will find a bullet that goes to its mark - and the girl from Denver City will be free!'

Genre
crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1910s1910sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 202 pages

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