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Book Title: Anna Katherine Green - the House of the Whispering Pines : It Would Never Do for Me to Lose My Wits in the Presence of a Man Who Had None Too Many of His Own
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Anna Katherine Green
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Publisher: Copyright Group The Limited
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 206 Pages