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A Sergeant Beef Mystery
By Leo Bruce
Sergeant Beef Series
FICTION
224 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $14.99 (US $14.99) (CA $19.99)
ISBN 9780897330404
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Apr 2019)
Academy Chicago Publishers
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