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Dead man's Tale (1961)

When Barney Street, the fixer, was in Holland during World War II, his life had been saved by a German soldier. Now Barney was dead; his estate was worth $2,000,000. But in his will Barney left it all to Hacha, the German soldier who had saved his life. Barney's wife, Estelle, wanted that money. If Hacha was dead, she would get it. If not...? So she sent Steve Longacre to Europe to find out. Steve, who had once been one of Barney's boys, took along his kid brother, Andy, and they trailed Hacha from Holland to Switzerland, to Vienna, finally to Prague.
Andy wondered what they were going to tell him when they found him. But Steve knew, only too well. If he were alive, there was only one possible answer. And it was up to Steve to deliver it to him in person! Find Milo Hacha or else!

Written by Stephen Marlowe

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Tchèques aux échecs - Presses Internationales Inter-Espions n° 50 (1963)L’eredita' che scotta - Cover Italian edition Mondadori, series Il Classici del Giallo N°82, March 17. 1970 L’eredita' che scotta - Cover Italian edition, N° 704,  1962.Ordem: Matar - cover Portuguese edition, 1962
Kuolleen miehen tarina - cover Finnish editionKuolleen miehen tarina - cover Finnish edition (Viihdekirjat 1966)Dead Man's Tale - cover Japanese edition

Dead man's tale Translations:
Danish: Død mands saga 
Finnish:
Kuolleen miehen tarina
French: Tchèques aux échecs 
Italian: L’eredita' che scotta 
Portuguese: Ordem: Matar 
(aka A h
istória do homem morto) 

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