Red Threads (1939)

by Rex Stout

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Conley, Robert J.	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1939

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Investigating the bludgeoning murder of Val Carew, killed near the tomb of his late wife, also dead under suspicious circumstances, Inspector Cramer finds a single clue in a red thread found in the victim's hand. Reissue.

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