Language: English
Published in: 1937
Categorie(s): Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Word count: 87,963 words (≈ about 6 hours)
Source: http://gutenberg.net.au
Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50.
John Gillam was a gambler. John Gillam faced financial ruin and was the victim of a sinister blackmail attempt. John Gillam is now dead. In this exceptional mystery, Dr Thorndyke is brought in to untangle the secrecy surrounding the death of John Gillam, a man not known for insanity and thoughts of suicide.
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