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So many steps to death

American scientist Thomas Betterton has disappeared form a conference in Paris--only the latest in a series of notable men to vanish into thin air. Equally strange is the death of his new bride in Casablanca. To discover the secret she took to her grave, British Intelligence enlists the aide of an unlikely secret agent--an enigmatic young woman with nothing left to lose. The proposal for Hilary Craven? Impersonate the late Mrs. Betterton. But the masquerade means embarking on an unknown escapade, hiding from an unknown enemy, and retracing a stranger's steps to an unavoidable death. - Publisher.

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  • "Destination unknown"
  • "Destination unknown"@en
  • "Death in lilac time"@en
  • "Maigret in New York"@en

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  • "Hilary Craven is about to end her life when Jessop, a British agent, asks her help in finding several of the world's leading scientists who have recently vanished. Assuming the identity of a physicist's wife, she infiltrates a secret Moroccan laboratory and discovers a global conspiracy. The information she has could cost her her life, just when she has realized how much she wants to live."
  • "On loan from CTLS."
  • "American scientist Thomas Betterton has disappeared form a conference in Paris--only the latest in a series of notable men to vanish into thin air. Equally strange is the death of his new bride in Casablanca. To discover the secret she took to her grave, British Intelligence enlists the aide of an unlikely secret agent--an enigmatic young woman with nothing left to lose. The proposal for Hilary Craven? Impersonate the late Mrs. Betterton. But the masquerade means embarking on an unknown escapade, hiding from an unknown enemy, and retracing a stranger's steps to an unavoidable death. - Publisher."@en
  • "International intrigue dealing with the mass disappearance of power-hungry scientists."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "So many steps to death"@en
  • "So many steps to death"

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