On a Hollywood studio lot a dancing bear does a little pickpocketing on the side. In Son Francisco the repo men of Daniel Kearny Associates ore on a nonstop campaign to repossess twenty-seven classic cars from twenty-seven people who will go to...
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Автор: Куин (Квин) Эллери
Серия: Ellery Queen Detective #22
Язык: английский
Год: 1951
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