Augustus Waller and the case of the disappearing axon
John W Griffin
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You will be familiar with the British 'locked room' mystery genre: something of great value disappears from a locked room in a stately home. The question is how the trick was done, and the answer is certain to be unveiled in the book's final chapter. Imagine a variation on this theme. The bridge on the only road leading to the house fails. The house's inhabitants depend on the road for vital supplies, but emails from the house suggest that all is well, until one day communication abruptly ceases. When investigators reach the site, the stately home and its inhabitants have disappeared.
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