The Locked Room: Classic Mysteries in Review: Murder is an Art, Michael Innes

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Murder is an Art, Michael Innes

Posted by Tony Renner at 11:34 PM

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Santosh IyerJuly 11, 2015 at 9:01 PM
Very funny site ! No review at all !
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