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Whodunnit Puzzles Chelsea" – a longer more detailed analysis by the writer and investigative journalist, Michael Thornton, appeared in
363:(Chapman & Hall 1947) how he dashed across the Levant from one bemedalled dignitary to another. His maverick style proved an effective driving force behind the setting up of the
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457:(1962). The ship had been lost at sea only to reappear five weeks later after a massive search found nothing, without crew or passengers, and with four tons of cargo missing.
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