Why is Boatrolay receiving threatening notes on his way back to a stale and stagnant crime scene?

Maurice Leblanc, today on the Classic Tales podcast.

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The story so far.

Young Isador Botrilae has uncovered a plot of Arzen Lu Pan's to steal certain valuable paintings from Monsieur de Gévres, replacing them with copies.

During the heist, Monsieur de Val, Monsieur de Gévres's secretary, was killed, and a man was shot while trying to abscond with the paintings.

The wounded man was never found or traced. He simply disappeared.

And now, the hollow needle, part three of seven, by Maurice Leblanc.

A few minutes later, and in spite of the entries of Monsieur Fille, who would gladly have made further use of this fascinating auxiliary,

Isador Botrilae, whose holidays ended that day, went off by the D.F. Road.

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