The Hangman

by Gerald Verner

Series: Trevor Lowe (2)

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Death stalks through the residential district of Hill Green, carrying off two prominent members of the community in two days. The first is a man found hanging from a lamp-post; the second, a young woman found hanging from a beam in the roof of a barn. When found, both corpses have a small card pinned to their clothing, bearing the same pencilled message: WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE HANGMAN. Detective-Inspector Shadgold of Scotland Yard soon realises this is going to be one of his toughest cases...… (more)

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Soon two residents of Hill Green will be dead but what could possible connect them. The local police request the assistance of Scotland Yard. There D.I. Shadgold asks that his friend Trevor Lowe, dramatist and solver of crimes, join him.
An interesting mystery, originally written in 1934 (

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Death stalks through the residential district of Hill Green, carrying off two prominent members of the community in two days. The first is a man found hanging from a lamp-post; the second, a young woman found hanging from a beam in the roof of a barn. When found, both corpses have a small card pinned to their clothing, bearing the same pencilled message: WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE HANGMAN. Detective-Inspector Shadgold of Scotland Yard soon realises this is going to be one of his toughest cases...

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