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Scales of Justice

Book 18 of the Roderick Alleyn series

The quiet village of Swevenings seemed an English pastoral paradise, until the savagely beaten body of Colonel Cartarette was found near a tranquil stream. Suddenly, the playground of British blue bloods has been soiled by murder and the lowest sort of intrigue. But if anyone can clean it up, it's the famous Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard.

Genre
british mysterymysterycrimedetectivehistorical fiction
Themes
police
Setting
britishengland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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