The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
TO MY HUSBAND
A fellow enthusiast for detective stories, and to whom I am indebted for muchhelpful advice and criticism.
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A Fellow Traveller
I believe that a well-known anecdote exists to the effect that a young writer,determined to make the commencement of his story forcible and original enoughto catch and rivet the attention of the most blasé of editors, penned thefollowing sentence:
“ ‘Hell!’ said the Duchess.”
Strangely enough, this tale of mine opens in much the same fashion. Only thelady who gave utterance to the exclamation was not a Duchess!
It was a day in early June. I had bee
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