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Duplicate Death
Georgette Heyer
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Description for Duplicate Death
Paperback. A civilised game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesn't miss a trick. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Double the murder means double the stakes in Georgette Heyer’s classic crime story.
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Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized card game ends in a double murder.
The two crimes appear identical, but were they carried out by the same hand?
When Timothy Harte’s young fiancé – a put-upon secretary and suspected gold digger – becomes the inspector’s prime suspect, Harte is determined to prove her innocence.
But when he starts digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady...
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Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
233g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099493754
SKU
V9780099493754
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97
About Georgette Heyer
Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote ... Read more
Reviews for Duplicate Death
'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended'
New York Times
'Sharp, clear and witty'
The New Yorker
'The wittiest of detective writers'
Daily Mail
New York Times
'Sharp, clear and witty'
The New Yorker
'The wittiest of detective writers'
Daily Mail