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Page 68
... Fred South chuckled , apparently with pleasure . " So did I. But we must wait for the doctor to tell us . There's a hole in the poor bloke's head as big as a house and we can't think what it was done with . " He stepped back and his ...
... Fred South chuckled , apparently with pleasure . " So did I. But we must wait for the doctor to tell us . There's a hole in the poor bloke's head as big as a house and we can't think what it was done with . " He stepped back and his ...
Page 69
... Fred South , " I have . " He took off his green pork - pie hat to scratch his thinning crown . " Blow me , I can't think where . ' " Will it be possible to take prints ? " He nodded , laughing and twinkling with implied con- fiding ...
... Fred South , " I have . " He took off his green pork - pie hat to scratch his thinning crown . " Blow me , I can't think where . ' " Will it be possible to take prints ? " He nodded , laughing and twinkling with implied con- fiding ...
Page 170
... Fred South , his green hat square on his scented head , was sitting by the porch of the mill - house when they pulled up beside the race , and as they got out of the car he rose and came grinning towards them . Tonker took one look at ...
... Fred South , his green hat square on his scented head , was sitting by the porch of the mill - house when they pulled up beside the race , and as they got out of the car he rose and came grinning towards them . Tonker took one look at ...
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Two Dead Men | 3 |
Love and Money | 13 |
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