Gardner Erle - The Case of the Empty Tin

A bright, shiny tin can in a dark, cobwebby corner of the cellar preserve shelf —

unlabelled and empty!Mrs. Gentrie, the meticulous hose-wife, was annoyed but not too

upset. Her sister-in-law Rebecca was exited and suspicious. Delman Steele, their new

young boarder, was quietly interested...Then things began to happen. A man and his

housekeeper were found missing from the house next door. Willful old Elston Karr,

who used to run guns up the Yangtze and was now confined to a Wheel-chair in the

flat above the missing man’s apartment, retained Mason to protect him from — well,

Mason wasn’t quite sure himself. But his mind began to work fast.Then Mason heard

about the empty tin can. It interested him — a .All our old friends are here, Della

Street, Paul Drake, Lieutenant Tragg, in a mystery so fast and exiting that it has

been called “even better than Gardner.”

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