The Bellini Card: Inspector Yashim Goes to Venice

ISBN-10
1400190126
ISBN-13
9781400190126
Category
Fiction
Language
English
Published
2014-05-09
Publisher
Tantor Media Incorporated
Author
Jason Goodwin

Description

In his third mystery featuring the eunuch detective Yashim, Jason Goodwin takes us back into a world that is as dazzling as a hall of mirrors and utterly compelling.

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