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Linda Davies. Island, $6.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22295-8
A female British Intelligence agent uses the lure of a diamond mine to trap a drug smuggler. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 10/02/1996
Genre: Fiction
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