Rogues' Holiday By Margery Allingham 9781504092357 (Paperback)

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Classic crime

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Wordery

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Inc.

Rogues' Holiday : Open Road Media : 9781504092357 : 150409235X : 31 Jul 2024 : "An ace high mystery, with unexpected situations and new methods used by old rogues" from the Golden Age author of the Albert Campion series (Kirkus Reviews).   An apparent suicide at a posh men's club in London doesn't fool Scotland Yard Insp. David Blest. There's something fishy about the old man who quarreled with the victim the night before. The doggedly determined Blest can't let the matter rest and uses a leave from work to follow his suspect to the coast.   What Blest finds in Westbourne-on-Sea is sun, sand, and suspicious characters, including his elderly target acting as guardian to a sickly girl. But Miss Judy Wellington is only pretending to be ill. Unbeknownst to Blest, she's really an heiress with a secret inheritance-one that pays off big to her husband if she marries before she turns twenty-five. With only months to go before that deadline, vultures are circling around her. Her guardian's choi

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