β Scribed by P D James
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SUMMARY:
When a sly and sensuous young woman who had used her body and her brains to climb the social ladder is murdered by someone who had clearly decided that the wages of sin should be death, it falls to Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find out who the killer is. **MASS MARKET PAPER**
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