Boston Blackie - The Missing String Of Pearls
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Boston Blackie - The Missing String Of Pearls

B1IntermediateSeptember 9, 202628 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

A collection of gripping detective stories featuring sharp-witted investigators, puzzling crimes, and clever resolutions. Each episode showcases the art of deduction and the thrill of the chase.

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I personally took them out of the safe and put them in the showcase this morning.

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0:32

A string of valuable pearls was stolen sometime today from this shop. I personally took them out of the safe and put them in the showcase this morning. Might be an inside job. How about your employees, Mr. Gordon? Well, just those two women you see behind the counters, that's all.

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Mrs. Phillips, the short gray hat woman, has been here 20 game rivers 18 years ago. I crossed both of them in place at bonded delivery service, and nobody came into the shop today except regular customers, eh? Nobody came in here to look around? Well, not today.

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And we always pay particular attention to strangers. Do you have any kind of a record of people who did come in? Yes, we have a complete list. list you see when someone comes in to have something repaired we give him a

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