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Legendary science fiction author Fowler Faulkes may be dead, but his creation, the iconic Dr. Derringer, lives on in popular culture. Or, at least, the character would live on if not for Faulkes's predatory and greedy heir Hilary, who, during his time as the inflexible guardian of the estate, has created countless enemies in the relatively small community of writers of the genre. So when he is stabbed nearly to death in a room with only one door,...
84) A pint of murder
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Many local people are confused and also implicated when elderly Agatha Treadway dies and then the local medical doctor, Dr. Druffitt dies, and young Janet Wadman is determined that neither death was an accident.
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The Manciples have always been known to their neighbors as the most eccentric family in the charming village of Cregwall. But nothing has ever started the local tongues wagging so much as when the body of Raymond Mason, who recently has taken a mysterious interest in buying the Manciple estate, is found lying in the Manciple driveway with a bullet hole in his forehead.
87) Szczypta śmierci
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Suspicious of her new sister-in-law's inconsistent personal history, Lora King delves into the woman's possibly shady past while pursuing a questionable relationship of her own with a press agent who appears to know more than he reveals.
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As commander of the powerful Special Branch, Thomas Pitt has the job of keeping Britain safe from spies and traitors. So there's no obvious reason why he is suddenly ordered to investigate two minor incidents: the blood, hair, and shards of glass discovered outside the home of naval weapons expert Dudley Kynaston, and the simultaneous disappearance of the Kynaston's maid.
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Londres, 1899. El jefe del Departamento Especial de la policía Thomas Pitt recibe una llamada de Buckingham Palace. La reina Victoria sabe que se acercan los últimos días de su reinado y que muy pronto el príncipe de Gales heredará el trono. Esa es la razón por la que había encargado a su gran amigo y confidente John Halberd que investigara a los amigos más cercanos del príncipe heredero. Entre ellos, el que más le interesaba era Alan Kendrick,...
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"En esta nueva aventura de Charlotte y Thomas Pitt magnificamente realizado, Anne Perry nos lleva bajo la superficie de la sociedad victoriana acomodada en un mundo de pesadilla de miedo e intimidacion, donde las mujeres son demasiado a menudo culpadas de los ataques violentos contra ellas, y los hombres poderosos toman lo que quieren, dejando a los demas que paguen el precio."--Amazon
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