An edition of The Cask (1920)

Le tonneau

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An edition of The Cask (1920)

Le tonneau

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A strange container is found on the London docks, and its contents point to murder

The cask from Paris is bigger than the rest, its sides reinforced to hold the extraordinary weight within. As the longshoremen are bringing it onto the London docks, the cask slips, cracks, and spills some of its treasure: a wealth of gold sovereigns. As the workmen cram the spilled gold into their pockets, an official digs through the opened box, which is supposed to contain a statue. Beneath the gold he finds a woman’s hand—as cold as marble, but made of flesh.

He reports the body to his superiors, but when he returns, the cask has vanished. The case is given to Inspector Burnley, a methodical detective of Scotland Yard, who will confront a baffling array of clues and red herrings, alibis and outright lies as he attempts to identify the woman in the cask—and catch the man who killed her.

Publish Date
Publisher
Rivages
Pages
499

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Cask
The Cask
2020, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: Le tonneau
Le tonneau
May 2, 1997, Rivages
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: The cask
The cask
1977, Remploy
in English
Cover of: The cask
The cask
1929, T. Allen
microform / in English
Cover of: The cask
The cask
1924, T. Seltzer
in English

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The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
499
Dimensions
6.4 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
Weight
12.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL12600830M
Internet Archive
letonneau0000free
ISBN 10
2743602066
ISBN 13
9782743602062
OCLC/WorldCat
468084811
Library Thing
4370948

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