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Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 14 shortstory collections that have sold over two billion copiesan amount surpassed only by the bible and the works of william shakespeare. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, its going to take a multitude of talent to solve these clever crimes. Parker pyne investigates a parker pyne collection book. A collection of short stories featuring the heart specialist, parker pyne.
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