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Fiction & Literature

Madeira Grave

A Comissário Avila Mystery

The English translation of the first Comissário Avila “Madeira-Krimi” — a young woman is found dead at the island’s elite golf club, and a detective hunts a killer among Madeira’s high society.

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Author
Joyce Summer
Edition year
2022
Publisher
Independently published
Language
English

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