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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Aug 1992
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $7.99
Pages: 352
Chief Inspector Alan Banks moved to the country to escape London's seedy, crime-ridden streets, so when a beloved academician and historian turns up brutally murdered in his quiet new town, he is determined to catch the killer. Reissue.
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