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The Golden Crucible
1976
First Published
4.27
Average Rating
294
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What connects a society heiress, a renowned magician, a ruthless gangster and a missing girl…? London, 1906 Inspector John Joseph Lintott is long since retired from the British police force. But a chance encounter after a magician’s show thrusts him into a web of secrets of lies. And when his own dearly beloved wife becomes a target, Lintott is forced to get involved. He follows a notorious American gangster to the bustling streets of San Francisco to recover a missing girl, but will his personal vendetta get in the way of solving the case?

Avg Rating
4.27
Number of Ratings
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Author

Jean Stubbs
Author · 16 books

Aka Emma Darby Jean was born in Lancashire and educated in Manchester. She has written many novels and short stories for magazines and collections, several of which have been adapted for radio and television. She has lived for more than twenty years in a cottage in Cornwall, England, with her husband.

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