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until he comes face to face with the terrible possibility that his own great-uncle is implicated in a conspiracy to conceal the truth that stretches back more than thirty years

Percival Pyke came to write the letter of condolence before the body was found

Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events

and we are a people with the ability to pick the worst of them

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My Enemy's Enemy Steven Saylor until he comes face toA selection of seven short stories set in post WW II England, Kingsley Amis exemplifies social satire at its ironic best. Three of these stories, dealing with members of a British Signal Unit at the end of the war, are humorous in their analysis of the moral and social climate of that time. Three of the remaining stories focus on some peculiarities of civilian life, and the last piece constitutes an unusual venture into science fiction.