The Big Bow Mystery
by Israel Zangwill
“The door was locked, the window was barred, and the victim was alone.”
When a philanthropist is found murdered in a room bolted from the inside, the East End of London is thrown into a frenzy of speculation. This pioneering locked-room masterpiece pits the sharpest minds against an impossible crime that defies logic and challenges every assumption. Experience the Victorian thriller that set the stage for the golden age of detective fiction.
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