The Birds Who Sing of Jail

The Birds Who Sing of Jail

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Stephen Mallard, a man of Stoneborough*, sips his coffee peacefully, until word comes around that a man of his acquaintance has died, Baker Wilson, murdered in his own home. Stephen visits multiple other friends who all knew Baker, finding nothing - that a normal person would see, anyway.



Stoneborough= Stone*-burr
A small town in Greater England


This story takes place in Greater England, basically Great Britain now, but if they became the 26th century Roman Empire of Europe.

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