A Detective Under Fire
H. R. F. Keating / Author Thomas Dunne Books $23.95 (249p) ISB
Det. Supt. Martens must conduct a delicate probe into possible scandal in the Maximum Crimes Squad.
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Reviewed on: 02/01/2004
Genre: Fiction
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