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Trial and error : how can a murderer prove his own guilt? / Anthony Berkeley.

Summary:

"Shy and retiring Lawrence Todhunter decides to make one final contribution to humanity before he is claimed by a fatal heart disease--he will eliminate the most obnoxious person he can find. He commits the murder, but then an innocent man is arrested for the crime. Horrified by this unexpected outcome, Todhunter is forced to turn detective to prove to the authorities that they have got the wrong man."--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781784283902
  • ISBN: 1784283908
  • Physical Description: 269 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Arcturus Publishing Limited, ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in 1937.
Subject: Terminally ill > Great Britain > Fiction.
Murder > Great Britain > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Great Britain > Fiction.
Judicial error > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

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