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The Chemistry of Death

By (author): Simon Beckett
Published by: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publication date: 09/Apr/2007
Format: Paperback - 448 pages
ISBN-10: 0553817493
ISBN-13: 9780553817492
Categories:
    > Crime & Thriller
    > Harrogate Crime Festival
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