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A scientifically minded professor is stumped by a case involving séances and an inexplicable inheritance . . . After drifting apart from Sir John Claverton, Dr. Lancelot Priestley is finally visiting his old friend for dinner. But Claverton's situation is worrying. He's surrounded by relatives, among them a sister who speaks to the dead--but not to him--and a niece who may or may not be a qualified nurse. Based on Claverton's odd behavior, Priestley and a mutual friend suspect that show more someone is slipping him arsenic. But when Priestley discovers that Claverton has died just a week later and shares his concerns with the police, no trace of arsenic--or anything else untoward--is found during the autopsy. Still, the perceptive professor can't shake his sense that something isn't right, and Claverton's recently revised will only adds to the mystery . . . "The puzzle is sound, the atmosphere menacing in a splendidly gloomy way." --Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime "You can never go far wrong with a Dr. Priestley story." --The New York Times show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Claverton Mystery
- Original title
- The Claverton Mystery
- Alternate titles
- The Claverton Affair
- Original publication date
- 1933
- People/Characters
- Dr. Lancelot Priestley; Hanslet (Superintendent)
- First words
- Nearly a year had passed since Dr Priestley had last found time to call upon his old friend, Sir John Claverton.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And Dr Priestley, who thoroughly approves of young Bill Oldland, is quite satisfied that Claverton's dream of ultimate respectability for his daughter will be adequately fulfilled.
- Disambiguation notice
- Published in the UK under the title "The Claverton Mystery"
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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