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""Golden Age fans with a taste for deferred gratification are in for another unexpected treat.""-Kirkus Reviews A fair play, double twist mystery where a beloved London bookseller with a passion for rare books is found shot to death in his locked bookshop. Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine secondhand bookshop on Charing Cross Road, has been found murdered in the cold hours of the morning. He'd been shot in his own office, where few clues remain besides three cigarette ends, two spent matches, and a few books on the shelves which have been rearranged. In an investigation spanning the secondhand bookshops of London and the Houses of Parliament, Ferguson's series sleuth MacNab, is at hand to assist Scotland Yard. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar(R) Award-winning author Martin Edwards.

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"""Golden Age fans with a taste for deferred gratification are in for another unexpected treat."" -- Kirkus Reviews"

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John Ferguson (1871-1952) began pursuing a successful literary career in his forties. His ministry in the Episcopalian church took him around the country helping him vary the backgrounds of his books, and he was recognized by critic Douglas Thomson in later years as 'one of the most delightful stylists in the genre.'

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