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Death Can Be Habit-Forming: Another John Pickett Mystery

โœ Scribed by Sheri Cobb South


Book ID
110873403
Publisher
Sonatina Press
Year
2021
Tongue
English
Weight
142 KB
Series
John Pickett Mystery
Category
Fiction
ASIN
B095LLJQ35

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โœฆ Synopsis


Having resigned his position at Bow Street in disgrace (at least in his own mind) and failed in his attempt to establish himself as a private agent, John Pickett toils away at a tedious job as a clerk in the City. When he is approached by a man wishing to hire him to extract a young lady being held against her will at an asylum for opium-eaters, Pickett jumps at the chance to prove himself, and persuades a very reluctant Julia to commit him to the institution as a patient. But nothing at the Larches is exactly as it seems, and while getting in may be easy, getting out may be another matter entirely...


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