- Fiction, Women detectives, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
The leader of an environmental survey struggles to manage the schemes of her rival team members before a friend's suspicious suicide introduces her to unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope.
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About the book
- Author
- Ann Cleeves
- First published
- October 12, 2001
- Pages
- 532
- Publisher
- EMbolsillo, Macmillan, Charnwood (Large Print)
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Polish, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788416087198
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