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The Phantom Horse single work   short story   detective  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Phantom Horse
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Set in a poor suburb, a raw recruit to the police force has his introduction to the 'Phantom Horse' of the area, arranges a raid on a miserly shopkeeper he suspects of illicit distilling, and traces the keeper's murder to his simple and much-abused wife. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 25 no. 292 September 1889 Z1009695 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 45-52
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