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The Book of the Lion: Bibliomysteries


Book ID
126255688
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Category
Standards
ISBN
1497649935

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


When Professor Dominic Hallkyn receives an anonymous phone call late one night from a voice claiming to possess a priceless Chaucerian manuscript presumed lost forever, he doesn’t know how to react. He soon finds himself scrambling to meet the caller’s demands amid uncompromising suspense that culminates in a devilish plot twist. Perry takes his readers on a mad dash through the winding streets of Boston in pursuit of the unique artifact that may be doomed to disappear from history . . . this time, for good.**

✦ Subjects


Исторический детектив


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