Alfred Hitchcock: Portraits of Murder

Alfred Hitchcock: Portraits of Murder
ISBN-10
0883657279
ISBN-13
9780883657270
Series
Alfred Hitchcock
Category
Fiction
Pages
503
Language
English
Published
2005-08
Author
Alfred Hitchcock

Description

47 tales of murder for profit, revenge, accident, or assassination are related with twists and turns, if necessary

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