It s the middle of a hot, dusty St Petersburg summer in the late 1860s. A doctor s wife and son die suddenly and the doctor is arrested, suspected of poisoning. But when further, apparently unconnected, murders occur, Porfiry Petrovich is forced to reassess his assumptions. Delving into the hidden,
A Vengeful Longing: A Novel
β Scribed by Morris, R. N.
- Book ID
- 107479370
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Series
- St. Petersburg Mysteries; Porfiry Petrovich 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781594201806
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