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Sins for Father Knox

Lieutenant Boruvka seriesNext:The End of Lieutenant Boruvka(1975) →

A clergyman named Ronald A. Knox once set forth a set of rules for writing detective fiction. In ten new stories (two featuring Lieutenant Boruvka), a crime occurs that violates one of Father Knox's rules, thus serving up a double challenge: Who dunnit? and Which rule was broken?

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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