Finder
Greg Rucka. Bantam Books, $22.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-553-10098-3
FYI: A 16-page preview of Finder is appearing in the May paperback edition of Keeper.
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Reviewed on: 06/02/1997
Genre: Fiction
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