The Red Paste Murders
by Arthur Gask
Publisher: H. Jenkins Ltd. 1924
ISBN/ASIN: B000XA2GKE
Number of pages: 324
Description:
My life is so many, many times forfeit to the State that were my hideous secret to become known, even now, after all these years, within an hour infuriated crowds would gather at my gate and I should be torn limb from limb without the slightest hope of mercy or reprieve...
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