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A WWII ace in the European air war comes home to resume his career with the police department. His success in the department reaches a peak when he solves a brutal homosexual murder.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Roderick Thorp, H. Aviv
- First published
- 1966
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Amereon Ltd, Dial Press, Corgi Childrens
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- heb, French, English
- ISBN
- 9781322198415
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About Roderick Thorp · 1936–1999
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