Assassins
Nicholas Mosley. Dalkey Archive Press, $12.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-56478-152-9
A literary mystery centered on the politically motivated kidnapping of a small girl. (July)
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Reviewed on: 06/30/1997
Genre: Fiction
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