The Three Taps Lyn Liao Crooked Lane Books FH Paperback 2025

The Three Taps Lyn Liao Crooked Lane Books FH Paperback 2025In a gas lit inn in the countryside a man lies dead. The police, of course, investigate and so do Miles Bredon and his wife, in the interests of the Indescribable Insurance Company, with which the deceased man, Mr Mottram, had been heavily insured. The culprit is the three gas taps in Mr Mottram's room, and Miles hopes to prove that his death is suicide. Miles' old wartime colleague, Police Inspector Leyland, is convinced it's murder. And the

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