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Detective Brill

A Scotland Yard man trapped with Margaret in the cliff's honeycomb of tunnels, keeping her alive on stolen biscuits and preserved milk while he hunts for the way out.

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Brill is the practical half of the partnership in the caves, crawling through the dark to find a ship's store of food, a battery lantern, and a case opener he wields as a weapon. He admires the madman's brain even as he…

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LSLew SteyneMBMargaret BelmanJGJ. G. ReederDGDetective GrayMDMr. DaverDBDetective Brill

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  • Other

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  • Investigative and Law Enforcement
  • Criminal Underworld and Associates
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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