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The New Shoe

Also published as

The Clue Of The New Shoe

The naked body of a man is discovered entombed in the wall of the Split point Lighthouse on Australia's southeast coat; the murder is two months old, and the identity of the victim is unknown.

Of Split Point's suspicious inhabitants, only Ed Penwarden, the coffin-maker befriends Bony upon his arrival.

As he delves into the case, Bony is curious to know why a coffin is moved in the night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick lake on the cliff top, and why the Bully Buccaneers came to deal in death.

From the 1983 Scribner edition.