Mechanical Asphyxiation
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Once again the Scotland Yard trio, this time in a novel! And again the case of the locked-room mystery.
In the elegant Cranston Hotel, the body of Miss Tara Miller is found. However, the circumstances of the apparent murder are very enigmatic: the killer, apparently, did not enter the victim's room through the door or window or through any secret access. Furthermore, the criminal managed to disappear without being seen at all. The Scotland Yard trio must face an unprecedented and extremely mysterious case, and must be fast enough to catch the murderer before he kills his next victims.
'The murderer of these crimes apparently managed to circumvent all security and all physical laws.' (Detective O'Brien)
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