He was a tough enforcer for a New York gang. But when young Tom Shanaghy made one too many enemies, he skipped town on a fast-moving freight. He landed in a small Kansas town that had big dreams, no name, and the need for an honest lawman. Tom figured that a knuckle-and-skull man from Five Points wo
The Marshal and the murderer: a Marshal Guarnaccia investigation
โ Scribed by Magdalen Nabb
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Year
- 2015;2002
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A young Swiss art student who commutes to a small town near Florence is reported missing. Then her body is found. Was it a sex crime? Guarnaccia suspects a local feud with its roots in World War II.
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