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Mitcham, Victoria
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First published in the U.S.A. 1956
Published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1956
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Ellery Queen, 1956
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Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt, Barnard & Co. Ltd, Aylesbury Set in Monotype Bembo
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