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Blood Sympathy

by Reginald Hill · 1993

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The author of Recalled to Life introduces a new series and a new sleuth. Balding, middle-aged black Joe Sixsmith of Luton, Beds., U.K., takes his first case—a crazy family who have gotten themselves mixed up in murder.

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 220 pages

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