Maelstrom: Maelstrom
Sam Llewellyn. Pocket Books, $5.99 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-671-78997-8
Llewellyn's genre-bending mystery mixes suspense with elements of a sea saga. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/01/1996
Genre: Fiction
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