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      Coffin in Fashion

      by Gwendoline Butler
      Published
      Jul 1987
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      John Coffin Mysteries Book 19
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      Worldwide Mysteries Book 100

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      Scotland Yard's eminent Detective John Coffin was a mere sergeant. Anticipating a promotion, he now buys a house that needs repairs and proves a catalyst to dire events. Workmen find the body of an adolescent boy under the floor--and Coffin, though it's not his case, keeps up with an investigation that comes to center on his own neighbors. Attracted to Rose Hilaire, the sergeant learns that her son was a friend of the murder victim and of other missing boys. Rose's troubles multiply as she fights to protect her son and her dress factory, hard-won after years of poverty. The business is threatened not only by scandal but by Rose's designer, Gaby Glass, who schemes to take off with her creations

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      Book 19
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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      First Edition Dec 1989 Minotaur Books ISBN13 9780312038021 ISBN10 031203802X
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      Jun 1992 Worldwide ISBN13 9780373261000 ISBN10 0373261004
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      Dec 1989 Minotaur Books ISBN13 9780312291778 ISBN10 0312291779
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      May 1992 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780006178187 ISBN10 0006178189
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      Jul 1987 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780002321426 ISBN10 0002321424
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      Oct 2013 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007545469 ISBN10 0007545460
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      Sep 2003 ISIS Audio Books ISBN13 9781856954280 ISBN10 1856954285
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