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Germaine Richier

Drawing on Margaret's extensive correspondence (more of her letters survive than of all the other Tudor queens put together)

she flees him and his powerful enemy

Notting Hill Mystery Publisher / Galah Press with the work’s title andThe Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R___, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life insurance. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue, including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders. Presented in the form of