Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Austin Friars, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel
When Policeman X lays hold of some one who has long been wanted, it is natural that the culprit, even if an habitual criminal, should inquire the nature of the charge against him.
It may be murder, or it may be larceny, or it may be a case of mere suspicion; therefore, when he feels the hand of the law on his collar, his heart, if not his tongue, instinctively asks, What is it this time?
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