DupeFrom the acclaimed author of Backhand. When their daughter, who had driven race cars, is killed in what the police deem an accident on an icy stretch of road, Dierdre Jackson's parents call in P.I. Anna Lee. Anna finds motives and murder as she probes the unsavory world of the London film industry, where Dierdre saw glamour--and found death. |
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... cold . ' Am I wanted ? ' Beryl's sense of duty was such that she carried all her minor ailments to work . Anna had caught too many of her colds to relish being in the office at the start of yet another . " The Commander would like a ...
... cold . ' Am I wanted ? ' Beryl's sense of duty was such that she carried all her minor ailments to work . Anna had caught too many of her colds to relish being in the office at the start of yet another . " The Commander would like a ...
Page 154
... cold on the way . Her head and throat ached , and she felt shivery . ' I called you at five . But you weren't in . ' It was typ- ical of Beryl to begin a conversation with criticism . ' Did Mr Brierly get my message ? ' " That's why I'm ...
... cold on the way . Her head and throat ached , and she felt shivery . ' I called you at five . But you weren't in . ' It was typ- ical of Beryl to begin a conversation with criticism . ' Did Mr Brierly get my message ? ' " That's why I'm ...
Page 183
... cold off in a day ; it hung around and nagged for three or four . And these days , too , she had to work at being fit and supple . They were no longer gifts she could take for granted . Like an athlete sensitive to any change in perfor ...
... cold off in a day ; it hung around and nagged for three or four . And these days , too , she had to work at being fit and supple . They were no longer gifts she could take for granted . Like an athlete sensitive to any change in perfor ...
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