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Sing a Song of Sixpence

Retired Scotland Yard detective, Sir Edward Palliser, is called upon by Magdalen Vaughan.  Palliser must help solve the murder of her wealthy, eccentric aunt, Miss Lily Crabtree. The authorities believe only members of the household could have committed the crime, though this suspicion is tearing the family.  Who really killed her aunt?

Originally published in 1929 in Holly Leaves magazine, published by Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.  This short story appeared in The Listerdale Mystery, published in 1934. It also appeared in The Witness For The Prosecution and Other Stories in the US.

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