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Scandal at High Chimneys

John Dickson Carr

1959
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A complicated and sometimes confusing murder mystery set in Victorian London. Excellent descriptions of London, high and low, very atmospheric. The well-known real life detective, Jonathan Whicher, helps unravel the mystery.

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