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Rent A Blunt Instrument
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: Mar 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $17.99
Pages: 320
Synopsis
In addition to romance and historical fiction, Georgette Heyer wrote a dozen classic mysteries. This charming English country-house mystery features a murder victim whose public persona cleverly hid a life of vice and deception. When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well-liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him? Enter Superintendent Hannasyde who, with consummate skill, uncovers one secret after another—and plenty of suspects…
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