Devious murder Author Surname:Bellairs Emily asks missing persons investigator

Emily asks missing persons investigator David Raker to find them

'Crime and Punishment'

she doesn't stay still long enough for habits or routines

He has revenge in mind

the recently widowed Dorthe was childless-so who lived in this secret toy-strewn room

Devious murder Author Surname:Bellairs Emily asks missing persons investigatorWhilst taking the dog out for the last walk of the day, Littlejohn of Scotland Yard comes across a body in the rain. Recognising it as Charles Blunt, a thief he crossed paths with and admired many years before, Littlejohn resolves to solve the case. But where did the body come from? What was it doing in front of a deserted house? And why, after all these years, had Charles Blunt finally come to a sticky end? Looking into the life of Blunt the