The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless. ✨ O…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless. ✨ Oldiees Publishing, Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, E. W. Hornung (2014). 50 Crime Short Stories - THE BEST SHORT WORKS COLLECTION, p.441, Oldiees Publishing
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