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The Sound of Murder

by Rex Stout

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Info:	Bantam Books (Mm) (1983), Paperback
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Series (with order)

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Original publication date

1941

People/Characters

Manny Beck (Westchester County detective)

Herman Brager

George Cooper

Martha Cooper

Corbett (District Attorney, Westchester County)

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New York, New York, USA

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If Judith Dundee had not glanced at the name of the taxi driver, there before her on the framed identification card attached to the panel, she might eventually have found some other way out of her trouble. Or she might not.

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The Sound of Murder (Original title: Alphabet Hicks)

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original title: Alphabet Hicks

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