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      A Shilling for Candles

      by Josephine Tey
      Published
      Jan 1936
      Main Genre
      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      240
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      Inspector Alan Grant Book 2

      About This Book

      Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead?

      Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful film actress is found lying dead on the beach one bright summer's morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive—just like murder…

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      Speculative Fiction Suspense

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      Cozy Mystery Law Enforcement Mystery

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