The clock strikes twelve

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**Miss Silver investigates the murder of a great British industrialist.** Though they share a manor house, the Paradines are not close, and their patriarch does nothing to discourage the petty jealousies that divide wealthy families. A cold figure, James Paradine prefers work to his relations, but on New Year’s Eve he convenes the household. Valuable plans have been stolen from his office, and only one person could be to blame. He knows the culprit’s name, and gives the thief until midnight to come forward. By midnight, James Paradine is dead. Was it the thief who killed him, or could it have been someone else, acting on different motives entirely? The local constables are baffled, and it is left to prim detective Maud Silver to out the murderer.

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Other Editions

• The clock strikes twelveHarperPerennial1993-01-01
• The clock strikes twelveJ.B. Lippincott company1944-01-01
• The clock strikes twelve.Hodder & Stoughton1946-01-01
• The clock strikes twelveCoronet1973-01-01
• The clock strikes twelveWhite Lion Publishers1973-01-01
• The clock strikes twelveUlverscroft1981-01-01