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Skeleton Staff

Name: Skeleton Staff
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ISBN: 9781471906664

by Elizabeth Ferrars · 2014 edition

Wealthy, disabled Roberta Ellison settles on Madeira; when she is suddenly widowed, her half-sister arrives to help but brings problems that escalate into violence and murder. A classic British mystery reissued by The Murder Room.

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Author: Elizabeth Ferrars
Edition year: 2014
Publisher: The Murder Room (Orion)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781471906664

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