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description: The Big Book of the Continental Op has an introduction at the start of this short story which was initially published in Black Mask magazine. That magazine said: Here is a detective story which we think will please all comers. It is a happy combination of deduction and swift action.A doctor-surgeon with a good reputation committed suicide for no apparent reason. But questions arose and the Op was asked to get involved at the request of the doctor's widow.Librarian's note: this entry relates to the story Zigzags of Treachery. Collections of short stories and each of the other individual stories by the author can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. There are a total of 28 short stories plus one incomplete; they can be found by searching Goodreads for: a Continental Op Short Story.
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title: Zigzags of Treachery - a Continental Op Short Story
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