Murder in the telephone exchange, June Wright
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Murder in the telephone exchange, June Wright
Language
eng
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Literary form
fiction
Main title
Murder in the telephone exchange
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859046319
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June Wright
Summary
"First published in 1948, when it was the best-selling mystery of the year in the author's native Australia, Murder in the Telephone Exchange stars feisty young operator Maggie Byrnes. When one of her more unpopular colleagues is murdered - her head bashed in with a "buttinsky," a piece of equipment used to listen in on phone calls - Maggie resolves to turn sleuth. Some of her coworkers are acting strangely, and Maggie is convinced she has a better chance of figuring out who is responsible for the killing than the rather stolid police team assigned to the case, who seem to think she herself might have had something to do with it. But then one of her friends is murdered too, and it looks like Maggie might be next. Narrated with verve and wit, this is a whodunit in the tradition of Dorothy L. Sayers and Daphne du Maurier, by turns entertaining and suspenseful, and building to a gripping climax. "--, Provided by publisher"A mystery novel set in Melbourne's Central Telephone Exchange in the late 1940s"--, Provided by publisher
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