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Murder on the Thames (A Jules Poiret Mystery Book 11)

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by Frank Howell Evans


  Mon ami, nothing, it is more difficult than to convince a person that the fact of sixes having been thrown twice in succession by a player at dice, it is sufficient cause for betting the largest odds that sixes, they will not be thrown in the third attempt. A suggestion to this effect is usually rejected by the intellect at once. It does not appear that the two throws which have been completed and which lie now absolutely in the past, can have influence on the throw which exists only in the future. Poiret, he cannot pretend to expose within the limits of this dispatch the truth willfully hidden by those involved and taking note of the philosophical quest for truth and justice, he can resolutely say it needs no exposure.”

  Haven looked out of the window. His mind could not completely take in the words, written in the letter, but that didn’t matter. He had arrived at his hotel. He had better things to do, so he put away the letter in his pocket. He would read it later.

  The End

  The Jules Poiret Mystery Series

  Peril

  Jules Poiret in The Murder of Lady Malvern

  Jules Poiret in Lord Hammershield dies

  Jules Poiret in Secrets

  The House of Cards Came Tumbling Down

  Jules Poiret and The Brighton Bounder

  Jules Poiret in Sir Alexander dies

  The Calico Cat

  Jules Poiret in The Murder in Torquay

  Silent Rivers Run Deep

  Down To The Abbey

 

 

 


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