Lonely Magdalen, An Inspector Poole Mystery; Henry Wade

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The body of a strangled prostitute on Hampstead Heath seems to present a hopeless case for detectives with a lack of evidence, several contradictory witnesses and little information. But with ingenuity and tireless patience, Inspector Poole finds out that the women was not always a low-grade prostitute but had sunk from hopeless poverty to a very different life. We learn the story behind the lonely Magdalen and why she came to grief...