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Deadly Hall : a detective novel

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Description: In April 1927, novelist Jeff Caldwell returns to New Orleans when his boyhood friend Dave Hobart becomes involved in a strange and murderous inheritance.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1971]
Call number: 660789
Creator: Carr, John Dickson (1906-1977)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the library of Kim Stanley Robinson.
Dimensions: 22 cm
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