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Word: landini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...blind man, if he has been over the road before, may point out the way.'' This time Author Biggers. whose books make better cinemas than most murder stories, has Detective Chan present at a lugubrious houseparty. Present also are four ex-husbands of an egocentric diva named Ellen Landini. She is the one who gets the bullet. All the husbands are suspected. So are a maid, her husband who liked Landini, a jeune fille whose scarf was around Landini's neck, an old Chinese servant who speaks rudely. A peculiar circumstance : on two cigaret boxes of identical shape but different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Omnibus of Crime | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

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