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Unconvinced that a former convict and millionaire philanthropist has been murdered by his suicide-victim ex-wife, detective inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Mary Mary, uncover a plot involving money laundering and asylum-seeking titans.
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About the book
- Author
- Jasper Fforde
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 408
- Publisher
- Sound Library, Penguin Group USA, Hodder
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340835692
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