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Payment Deferred

by C. S. Forester

242 pages~4 hrs

Justice always finds a way to collect its debt.

When a desperate bank clerk commits the 'perfect' murder to save his family from ruin, he finds that escaping the law is easier than escaping his own garden. In this chilling psychological masterpiece, one man's greed leads to a claustrophobic nightmare where every knock at the door feels like a death sentence.

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