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The Norwich Victims

Pages
254
Published
1935
Language
English

Synopsis

Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. A middle-aged schoolteacher wins the French lottery and looks around for somewhere safe to invest her prize. Unfortunately for her she decides to consult the unscrupulous John Throgmorton, and he seizes a once in a lifetime opportunity, murdering the unsuspecting Miss Haslett and sending his secretary and partner in crime, Hermione Taylor, to Paris to collect the money. Throgmorton's devious plan is executed to perfection, and it seems that nothing can go wrong. But then he receives an unexpected visitor.

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About the author

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Francis Beeding

A pseudonym for co-authors Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Leslie Palmer. >They were Oxford graduates who met while at the League of Nations in Geneva. Palmer was a drama critic who wrote books on the theatre under the pseudonym "Christopher Haddon". >Saunders served with the Welsh Guards in WWI and worked for the Air Ministry in WWII, writing the famous pamphlet, The Battle of Britain. From 1946 to 1950 he was librarian of the House of Commons. >They also wrote mainstream fiction und...

Characters

Miss HaslettProtagonist
John ThrogmortonAntagonist
Hermione TaylorSupporting
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