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Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley · Booklabria

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Murder at Government House

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Murder at Government House

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First published: 1937
Language: English
Editions: 6

Synopsis

When the British Colonial Governor of Chania is strangled to death in his study, the possible suspects include a wronged husband, a fiery-tempered local politician, and the members of an African secret society working against white rule. It is a tangled web forSuperintendent Vachell of the Chania CID to unravel, but fortunately he has the help of a brash young female anthropologist and a canny, snuff-taking witch doctor.

Subjects: Mystery
Science
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Set in: Africa
Time: 1936

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