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    In Line for Murder
    In Line for Murder
    In Line for Murder
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    In Line for Murder

    By Colin Garrow

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    In 1890s Edinburgh, Inspector Angus Robertson has a problem: Sir Charles Foggarty wants him to investigate a murder, but the wealthy landowner's story about a mysterious dead woman is missing one vital ingredient - a body.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColin Garrow
    Release dateOct 3, 2015
    ISBN9781310759772
    In Line for Murder
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    Colin Garrow

    Colin Garrow grew up in a former mining town in Northumberland. He has worked in a plethora of professions including: taxi driver, antiques dealer, drama facilitator, theatre director and fish processor, and has occasionally masqueraded as a pirate. All Colin's books are available as eBooks and most are also out in paperback, too. His short stories have appeared in several literary mags, including: SN Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Word Bohemia, Every Day Fiction, The Grind, A3 Review, 1,000 Words, Inkapture and Scribble Magazine. He currently lives in a humble cottage in North East Scotland where he writes novels, stories, poems and the occasional song.

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      In Line for Murder - Colin Garrow

      In Line for Murder

      By Colin Garrow

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      Angus Robertson tugs at the ends of his handlebar moustache and stares vacantly out of the library window. The view down to the river is quite splendid from here and he idly wonders what it costs to run a house like this, not to mention the servants. Checking his pocket watch again, he tries not to think about the pile of unsolved cases sitting on his desk back in Edinburgh. The swoosh of the door behind him announces that the maid has come back into the room.

      She doesn't speak, but gives him a look that implies

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