Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves

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Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves
Author Nils-Olof Franzen
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Published1959 (1959)

Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves (Swedish : Agaton Sax och de slipade diamanttjuvarna; published in English in 1965) is a book about detective Agaton Sax by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzen. It was the first of the series to be published in English. [1]

Plot summary

The Koh-Mi-Nor diamond is stolen and a very clever thief is putting messages about it, in a secret code, in the personal column of the newspaper published by the Swedish detective Agaton Sax.

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References

  1. "Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves par Franzen, Nils Olof: Near Fine Hardcover (1965) 1st Edition | MacKellar Art & Books".