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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1930

Page

9

Mortuary murder ties to vanished Elphinstone party

Holt and Maythorne track the Elphinstones and Sheila through Short's hotel to a murder scene on Marrasdale moor and a mysterious will. Bownas the reporter identified, and the pursuit widens to Kilthwaite's Harrow Road yard as new clues surface.

Mervyn Holt London Salimaroff Woodcock Inn Marrasdale Moor Mazaroff Merchison Mrs. Elphinstone Maythorne Sheila Corkerdale Eccleshare Cottingley Crole Edgware Road Short Fie New Scotland Yard Elphinstone Short's Elphinstones Short’s Harrow Road Justice Under Hall Manners Bownas Gilchester Short’s Hotel Cor Kerdale Carlisle New Newcastle Tweed & Border Gazette Kilthwaite Elphin

We Know That Man Chapter Excerpt Novel Tease

A literary fragment notes Maythorne and a seized newspaper as a tense moment. The line implies a plot point about a figure named Maythorne and a quick action around a newspaper. The fragment hints at intrigue and pursuit within a chapter teaser.

Maythorne Manners Corkerdale Tie Mortuary

Tracking Bownas Near London After Elphinstones Arrival

Maythorne moves quickly after a startling claim and heads with three companions to Short's hotel in search of clues. Manners suspects Bownas followed the Elphinstones from the same train, their hotel arrival suggesting a tracking pursuit.

Maythorne Short Mawthorne

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