E. C. Bentley was a close friend of G. K. Chesterton, to whom he dedicated this book (in response to Chestertonâs dedicating The Man Who Was Thursday to him). The book is said to have been one of the first âmodernâ mysteries, and included Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie among its fans.
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