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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Replica Books
Published: Jan 1999
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 208
Inspector Wilkins heads for the country estate of Lord Burford to investigate a bizarre case involving the theft of a priceless diamond necklace, the disappearance of antique pistols, and murder and uncovers a complicated web of espionage, blackmail, a notorious jewel thief, foreign agents in disguise, and a killer. Reprint.
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