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Chapter and Hearse: And Other Mysteries

Catherine Aird, Author Minotaur Books $23.95 (293p) ISBN 978-0-312-29084-9

Collects 22 short stories involving such favorite Aird characters as DCI C.D. Sloan and the Secret Service's Malcolm Venables.
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Reviewed on: 02/01/2004

Release date: 02/01/2004

Genre: Fiction

Hardcover - 293 pages - 9780312290849

Paperback - 304 pages - 9780330419536

Open Ebook - 256 pages - 9781466841857

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