A 1944 short crime novel (47.000 words) by Cleve F Adams, under his pseudonym John Spain. It is expanded from a short story "Triple Threat" by Adams published in 1940 in "Detective Story Magazine".
Lieutenant McCord of LAPD detectives gets himself in a tangle involving three identical triplets, one who has gone missing, one who is under suspicion of murder, and one who he has fallen for.
Complicated plot, but typical Cleve F Adams crime novel.
Lieutenant McCord of LAPD detectives gets himself in a tangle involving three identical triplets, one who has gone missing, one who is under suspicion of murder, and one who he has fallen for.
Complicated plot, but typical Cleve F Adams crime novel.
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