The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar Wallace
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2001
ISBN/ASIN: 0755114787
Description:
Kara hates candles. He also believes that there is a great criminal lost in John Lexman, the detective-story writer involved in a plot more fantastic than any of his own ingenious mysteries. A tense and powerful tale that moves dramatically between London and the Balkans.
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