The Clue of the Twisted Candle - Edgar Wallace

The Clue of the Twisted Candle

Author: Edgar Wallace


  • Publication Date: 1918-01-01
  • Category: Mysteries & Thrillers
4.5 Score: 4.5
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Summary

The Urbane T. X. is back in this locked-room mystery by British master storyteller Edgar Wallace. The renown mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to prison. His friend T. X. Meredith, employed by Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence.

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