The Nearly Invisible Man
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Last published Mon, Sep 5, 2016
A short story featuring Detective Chief Inspector Gavin Quisty.
Quisty is called in to investigate a seemingly impossible theft at a museum. A priceless Saxon artefact has been stolen from a locked, alarmed and windowless room. Can he solve the crime? And what does the crime have to do with drawing a bicycle?
Gavin Quisty also features in the currently crowdfunding comic murder mystery novel 'A Murder To Die For'. Subscribe at: https://unbound.com/books/a-murder-to-die-for
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