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The Riddle Ring

by Justin MCCARTHY (1830 - 1912)

25 - What is to be Done Next?

This romantic mystery - or mysterious romance - tells the tale of jilted lover, Jim Conrad, who discovers an unusual gold ring while on a visit to Paris. What is the story of the ring? Why is Clelia Vine so sad? Who is the nameless 'chief'? And how is a dour English barber in a Parisian salon mixed up in all this?The novel, published in 1896, was written by Justin McCarthy, an Irish nationalist, Liberal historian, novelist and politician. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)

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Listen next episodes of The Riddle Ring:
26 - A Leap in the Dark , 27 - The Ring Returned