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I have been thinking about a murder mystery I have read, thought I owned, but can't find. I cannot remember the title or the author, but it isn't Christie or Sayers, or Stout, my three favorites.

It's set in London, I think in the late 1940's or early 1950's. The protagonist has just retired, realizes he has been living in the same dreary flat for years, and buys, or perhaps leases, a new home. He acquires a cat. There are servants living in the basement and part of the condition he having the place is continuing to employ them. They, and a few other people in the area, belong to some sort of weird cult like organization, but there is no occult aspect.. There are a brother and sister who make pottery involved. That's what I remember.

Any ideas?

Date: 2025-01-21 11:11 am (UTC)
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