The Burning Court

John Dickson Carr
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A classic tale combining hints of the supernatural and an 'impossible' murder.The death of Miles Despard looks simple enough. But then how does the housekeeper see a woman walk through a wall? And how would someone walk through a door that had been bricked up two hundred years ago? To all intents and purposes, it looks as if someone has come from the past to commit the murder, but could that really be the case? Surely not...
Genres: MysteryHorrorFictionCrimeMystery ThrillerClassicsDetectiveParanormalThe United States Of AmericaThriller
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