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A 1930s murder case involving a classic British dish and an anonymous letter.

In May, 1934, an anonymous letter arrives at Horncastle Police Station in Lincolnshire. The letter tells detectives that they need to investigate the death of Arthur Major, a local lorry driver who was reported to have died of natural causes. 鈥淚n the name of the law, I beg you to analyse the contents of his stomach,鈥 it says.

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