Tracked to Doom: The Story of a Mystery and its Unraveling (1891) by Dick Donovan - It is midnight in London and in one of the streets off the Strand a man was pacing near the stage-door of a popular venue. Inside was the star, her stage-name was Vesta Florence and she was blonde, remarkably pretty and with a faultless figure. Now and again the man glanced nervously at the stage door, looked at his watch, then resumed walking, never going many yards away from the door. Hours later, Vesta Florence would be dead. The case ...
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Tracked to Doom: The Story of a Mystery and its Unraveling (1891) by Dick Donovan - It is midnight in London and in one of the streets off the Strand a man was pacing near the stage-door of a popular venue. Inside was the star, her stage-name was Vesta Florence and she was blonde, remarkably pretty and with a faultless figure. Now and again the man glanced nervously at the stage door, looked at his watch, then resumed walking, never going many yards away from the door. Hours later, Vesta Florence would be dead. The case would remain unresolved for years until a second murder. Could the two be connected? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: British journalist James Edward Preston Muddock (1843 - 1934) wrote under the pen names Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock and Dick Donovan. He was a prolific writer of mystery and horror fiction. He was as popular as his contemporary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes books. He was born near Southampton, England to a sea captain and travelled to India when he was 14. His appetite for adventure continued into his journalism career when he visited China, the United States, and Australia.
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