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Podcast: X Y Z - A Detective Story
Episode: 03 - X Y Z - A Detective Story by Anna Katharine Green
Description: In the world of detective work, uncovering one mystery often leads to the unexpected discovery of another. This tale is no exception, and the circumstances are far from ordinary. A cunning gang of counterfeiters have been eluding the keenest minds of the Secret Service, flooding western Massachusetts with fake Treasury notes. Just when it seemed all hope was lost, a series of peculiar letters addressed to X. Y. Z. in Brandon, Mass., began to appear. Could this be the long-awaited breakthrough? Sent on a mission to investigate, I ventured northwards into the heart of the mystery. (Excerpt from chapter 1)