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We are dealing with an exceptionally astute and dangerous man...one of the most… — Arthur Conan Doyle

Short story · Magazine · Detective fiction

We are dealing with an exceptionally astute and dangerous man...one of the most unscrupulous rascals that Australia has ever evolved—and for a young country it has turned out some very finished types.

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax · 1911
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Australia
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Detective fiction
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Short storyMagazine
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1911
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Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
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Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax." His Last Bow: Some Later Reminiscences. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax." London: The Strand Magazine/New York: The American Magazine, 1911.

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