Old Strongman's Strawberry-Bed single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Old Strongman's Strawberry-Bed
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A Sydney miser kills his beaten wife on the eve of leaving him and buries her with his money in the scrawny strawberry bed of his hovel. Mark Sinclair, the dead woman's twin brother and her son solve the case. Ironic comments from the author on twin brother character. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 20 no. 239 April 1885 Z1020806 1885 periodical issue 1885 pg. 441-446
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