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The Busy Body
- Book ID
- 126964739
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Standards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Engel had worked his way up to being Nick Rovito’s right-hand man, near the top of the Syndicate. And this was a delicate job — retrieving a very important jacket, loaded with heroin, from a fresh grave. But Engel found only an empty coffin...
✦ Subjects
Иронический детектив, дамский детективный роман
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