The House on the Island
by Arthur Gask
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins 1933
ISBN/ASIN: 1502512823
Number of pages: 262
Description:
From all that is happening around us we may any day, any hour, any one of us, be among the victims of dark crime. The long arm of the law has ceased to function, and life and property are now apparently the playthings of any miscreant who comes along ...
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