Lillian Morgan is bored with life in a retirement community, but she gets more excitement than she hoped for when a fellow resident drops dead at the bridge table--while holding a perfect hand of thirteen diamonds. Intrigued by the astronomical odds against this happening, she uses her mathematical
Thirteen Diamonds
β Scribed by Alan Cook
- Publisher
- Alan Cook
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Lillian Morgan is bored with life in a retirement community, but she gets more excitement than she hoped for when a fellow resident drops dead at the bridge tableβwhile holding a perfect hand of thirteen diamonds. Intrigued by the astronomical odds against this happening, she uses her mathematical background plus assistance from her granddaughter and friends to prove that a murder was committed.
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