Nurse Daniels

On 6 October 1926, a woman went into a cloakroom in Boulogne, France and never came out. She was never seen alive again. Her disappearance captivated the world, and even detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers tried to solve the case.

This is the story of Nurse Daniels.

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Books mentioned in order of appearance:

—Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

Other sources and further reading:

—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

—Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds

—The British Newspaper Archive

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