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Jailed for vagrancy in Minnesota, Johnny and Sam woke up to find that one of their cell mates had been murdered during the night. Facing a murder charge, they broke jail and set out to find the killer in a wild tangle of suspects, but always the trail led back to the fabulous Talking Clock. The dead mans millionaire grandfather owned the priceless timepiece, and though a lot of people wanted to take it away from him, only one - which one? - had killed to get it. Johnny and his musclebound show more partner had to find the answer in a hurry. - Back cover. show lessTags
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Frank Gruber, 1904 - 1969 Frank Gruber started his writing career as a trade journal editor and then as a correspondence school teacher. Over the course of his 31 years as a writer, Gruber produced over 50 novels. Gruber is best known for his Westerns, but was also known to have written some mysteries as well as some screenplays. His well known show more works include, "Fighting Man," "This Gun Is Still," Quantrell's Raiders" and "Town Tamer." show less
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- The Talking Clock
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- The Talking Clock
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- 1941
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- Johnny Fletcher; Sam Cragg
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