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Say It with Poison

Ann Granger, Author Avon Books $5.5 (224p) ISBN 978-0-380-71823-8

Granger's strong debut features Meredith Mitchell, a British consular officer who encounters murder and a contemplative chief inspector during her Oxfordshire holiday. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 03/29/1993

Release date: 04/01/1993

Genre: Fiction

Hardcover - 215 pages - 9780312055066

Mass Market Paperbound - 224 pages - 9780380718238

Paperback - 281 pages - 9780747237068

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