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A shilling for candles the story of a crime

Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead' Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful film actress is found lying dead on the beach one bright summer's morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive'just like murder'

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  • "Shilling for candles"
  • "Shilling for candles"@pl
  • "约瑟芬・铁衣侦探"
  • "Yuesefen Tieyi zhen tan"
  • "A shilling for candles"@it
  • "2 kwartjes voor kaarsen"

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  • "Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead' Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful film actress is found lying dead on the beach one bright summer's morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive'just like murder'"@en
  • "A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise."@en
  • "On a clear, sunny morning on the southern coast of England, the body of famous screen actress Christine Clay is found lying limp on the beach. As Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant tries to determine whether it was an accidental death or murder, he finds too many clues, too many motives, and too many people who wanted the movie star dead.--"
  • "Scotland Yard searches for clues concerning the cause of the death of actress Christine Clay among her friends and family and in her will."
  • "When a famous film actress is found dead on a secluded beach, it appears to be an open and shut case . . . except that Inspector Alan Grant's intuition says otherwise. And when Grant's investigation reveals the starlet's hidden past, the murderer must hurry to cover his tracks. A Shilling for Candles is the second novel in Josephine Tey's Inspector Alan Grant series. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant is on the case. But the inquiry into her death turns into a nightmare of false leads and baffling clues. Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead?"@en
  • "A coastguard finds the body of a woman apparently drowned but local police are suspicious and Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard is called in."@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Crime fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"

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  • "一先令蜡烛"
  • "A shilling for candles the story of a crime"@en
  • "一先令蠟燭"
  • "A Shilling for candles : the story of a crime"
  • "A shilling for candles : the story of a crime"@en
  • "A shilling for candles : the story of a crime"
  • "A Shilling for Candles, etc. (Reprinted reset.)"@en
  • "A shilling for candles : The story of a crime"@en
  • "A shilling for candles : The story of a crime"
  • "Le maillot vert"
  • "A shilling for candles; the story of a crime by Joseph Tey [pseud.]"@en
  • "A Shilling for Candles, etc"@en
  • "È caduta una stella"@it
  • "È caduta una stella"
  • "Le maillot vert : (a shilling for candles)"
  • "Yi xian ling la zhu"
  • "Twee kwartjes voor kaarsen"
  • "A shilling for candles; the story of a crime"@en
  • "一先令蜡烛 = A shilling for candles"
  • "Jeune et innocent"
  • "Shilling for candles"
  • "Shilling for candles"@en
  • "Młody i niewinny"@pl
  • "The story of a crime"@en
  • "A shilling for Candles"
  • "Yi xian ling la zhu = A shilling for candles"
  • "A shilling for candles"@en
  • "A shilling for candles"
  • "Shilling na svechi"
  • "A Shilling for Candles. The story of a crime"@en

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