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The writing in this Golden Age-era mystery was pretty much too much (i.e., excessively verbose) for most of the book, and I wish Tey's editor had cut at least 100 pages of extraneous description out of what should have been a straightforward story about a guy who's stabbed to death while waiting in line to attend a play. Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard is assigned to catch the killer, and chases many leads, makes a bigoted assumption about the murderer, and because of the time period, and the b
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