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A gripping story for all lovers of mystery and adventure, full of exciting episodes and capping climaxes. The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes, by George Barton, a detective yarn of the first water, has its opening scenes laid in Washington, where a retired “chief,” for years an expert in the government secret service, is called into active service again to solve the mystery of a missing paper and other things of vital importance to high officials, as well as to private citizens. How, with unerring vision and a keen knowledge of the spies and criminals who infested Washington, this seasoned old veteran crime tracer, assisted by his good man Friday, goes to the heart of some exceedingly puzzling crimes, furnishes some hours of exciting interest.
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