One of Those Ways
Appearance
Author | Marie Belloc Lowndes |
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Language | English |
Genre | Mystery crime |
Publisher | Heinemann Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1929 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
One of Those Ways is a 1929 romantic mystery crime novel by the British writer Marie Belloc Lowndes.[1] [2] [3] [4] It marked the return of Hercules Popeau, a French detective character first introduced in The Lonely House, who appears in the second half of the novel.
Synopsis
Angela Graham has been living well above her means in London and after losing heavily at the roulette wheel one night she is now completely broke. Forced now to look for work she accepts an offer to become lady's companion to the cousin of a White Russian prince.
References
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