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Genre: Murder Mystery

Format: Short Story

Synopsis

Visiting the country, retired Inspector Evans meets Mrs Marrowdene. Could she be the same woman he once suspected of murdering her husband? And what are her plans for her new spouse?

This cleverly ironic tale was first published in The Sunday Despatch in 1929 under the title The Uncrossed Path. This short story is published in The Listerdale Mystery. It also appeared in The Witness For The Prosecution and Other Stories in the US.

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