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Murder in the Berkeley Estate Mystery Unfolds
In a Berkeley estate summerhouse a maid Doris Matthews is murdered with a perfume flask. Suspects include Mrs. George Berkeley Clorinda Berkeley and Seymour Crosby as a tangled plot involving a dead wife and a forthcoming marriage unfolds through detective Dundee and Captain Strawn. The case widens to London and New York connections as new light appears in a published letter.
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Doris Matthews
Berkeley
George Berkeley
Crosly
Clorinda Berkeley
Clorinda
Dundee
Captain Strawn
Crosby
Phyllis
England
Doris
Phyllis Crosby
Wickett
Undee
Seymour Crosby
Edward Moresby
Scotland Yard
London
Kathryn Matthews
Kathryn
James F. Dundee
Police Department
Strawn
Mr. Crosby
Nel Crosby
Denis
Seithout
Grosby
Doris ‘Matthews
Doris’ Matthews
Hillcrest
Police Department of
Hamilton
Doris “Matthews
Mr. Dundee
Mr. Berkeley
Miss Berkeley
New York
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