Where There Was Smoke

<p><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I never knew till then the possibilities inherent in spaghetti when controlled by an ingenious spirit. </em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Anthony Bathurst</span></p><p class=ql-align-right><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>t</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>With austerity holding the country in a vice-like grip chemist Donald Finney is happy with any offer of work. Even though the proposal from the mysterious Mr Reheboam of £100 for a single night's work seems too good to be true he never expected that it would be the last night of his life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The cause of death is far from clear - there are no wounds on his body but his skin is strangely discoloured - but the strangest things are what was found on his body. A strange note with the name of a local police inspector and a piece of cooked bacon rind - both curled up and hidden in his belly-button. As Anthony Bathurst races to decipher this strangest of dying messages it becomes clear that Mr Reheboam's work is far from complete...</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Where There Was Smoke</em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> was first published in 1950. This new edition features an introduction by Steve Barge.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>