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Published in 1913, this is often cited as the original golden age mystery. Amateur detective and journalist Trent is sent to look into the death of a millionaire financier, who has a beautiful, unhappy wife and two male secretaries. Trent quickly becomes hopelessly entangled, but he is still the person with the best chance of solving the mystery.
I did guess who'd done it, but only with the advantage of having read decades of future crime novels, and proceeding on the basis of "it can't be any of ...more
I did guess who'd done it, but only with the advantage of having read decades of future crime novels, and proceeding on the basis of "it can't be any of ...more
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