The Crowned Skull
by Fergus Hume
Publisher: ManyBooks 1908
ISBN/ASIN: B00767W5T4
Number of pages: 237
Description:
This is a murder mystery set on the coast of Cornwall. As the narrative unfolds, all the evidence tells against Sir Hannibal Trevick -- a handsome-but-ageing widower with an aristocratic title to his name but very little money ...
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