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Double for Death

by Rex Stout · 1939 · 259 pages

Book 1 of the Chastnyǐ detektiv -- vyp. series

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Tecumseh Fox thinks that he is seeing double when financier Ridley Thorpe is shot twice, two gorgeous suspects appear, two very good motives are revealed, and two murder weapons surface.

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Genre
mysterycrimedetectiveprivate investigator
Themes
private investigator
Setting
1930s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 259 pages

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