The Teeth of the Tiger
The Teeth of the Tiger
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shown in now. If Inspector Vérot arrives while they are here, as he is sure to do, let me know at once. I want to see him as soon as he comes. Except for that, see that I'm not disturbed on any pretext, won't you?"
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Two minutes later the messenger showed in Maître Lepertuis, a stout, red-faced man, with whiskers and spectacles, followed by Archibald Bright, the Secretary of Embassy, and Caceres, the Peruvian attaché. M. Desmalions, who knew all three of them, chatted to them until he stepped forward to receive Major Comte d'Astrignac, the hero of La Chouïa, who had been forced into premature retirement by his glorious wounds. The Prefect was complimenting him warmly on his gallant conduct in Morocco when the door opened once more.
"Don Luis Perenna, I believe?" said the Prefect, offering his hand to a man of middle height and rather slender build, wearing the military medal and the red ribbon of the Legion of Honour.
The newcomer's face and express
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One of the strangest novels I have ever read. It is an adventure mystery, but do not imagine that you will get any satisfaction at guessing the murderer.
It has more twists than a very twisty thing. The characters are good, no bad, no good, no unfairly suspected by the police, no fairly suspected and so on. There are secret passages, and characters that appear from nowhere.
I guess modern detective fiction must be incredibly formulaic, but I challenge anyone to read this and give an accurate explanation of the full story five minutes afterwards. Less of a whodunnit, more of a howdunnit, whydunnit and whatonearthisgoingon.
It has more twists than a very twisty thing. The characters are good, no bad, no good, no unfairly suspected by the police, no fairly suspected and so on. There are secret passages, and characters that appear from nowhere.
I guess modern detective fiction must be incredibly formulaic, but I challenge anyone to read this and give an accurate explanation of the full story five minutes afterwards. Less of a whodunnit, more of a howdunnit, whydunnit and whatonearthisgoingon.
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