Cover of The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace

The Clue of the Twisted Candle

by Edgar Wallace

234 pages~4 hrs

The doors are bolted, the windows are locked, and the truth is melting away.

When a billionaire is found dead in a room bolted from the inside, the authorities must turn to a brilliant mystery novelist to solve the impossible. A single deformed candle holds the key to a web of blackmail and revenge that defies every law of logic.

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