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Chief Inspector Pointer #23
Pointer to a Crime
A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery!
Chief Inspector Pointer finds himself looking into the suspected suicide of the owner of a chain of high-end hair dressing salons. The only thing suspicious about the death is a tenuous link to the earlier brutal murder of a woman at a cottage called The Clearing in Lincolnshire. The clues in that case are sparse, and while there are suspects, none would seem to have a motive strong enough to fit the nature of the crime, and none of them had any connection the subject of his own investigation. The inspector, however, becomes convinced that there is a connection, and that to solve his own case, he must first solve the earlier murder.
Chief Inspector Pointer finds himself looking into the suspected suicide of the owner of a chain of high-end hair dressing salons. The only thing suspicious about the death is a tenuous link to the earlier brutal murder of a woman at a cottage called The Clearing in Lincolnshire. The clues in that case are sparse, and while there are suspects, none would seem to have a motive strong enough to fit the nature of the crime, and none of them had any connection the subject of his own investigation. The inspector, however, becomes convinced that there is a connection, and that to solve his own case, he must first solve the earlier murder.
271 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1944
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A.E. Fielding
29 books5 followersA. Fielding (also known as Archibald Fielding or A.E. Fielding) was a pseudonym of Dorothy Feilding.
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May 11, 2015
Annabelle Robson's life of farm labor had changed drastically when she'd inherited some money from a relative in Australia. And she expected a further inheritance any day now. Too bad that she'd been murdered. The police in Lincolnshire found too many puzzles concerning her death, including motive. Yes, the money would go to her husband--but if he had murdered her, he wouldn't get the next inheritance. Then Pointer is called to a suicide in London, and finds the Robsons' phone number on the premises. A third death spreads the case to yet another police force. And there's still a missing piece that Pointer can't grasp. While I enjoyed reading this, I only gave it three stars because at least one of the clues was rigged so the reader couldn't figure it out.
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