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Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart

by Ellis Peters · 1967

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A folk music course at a remote mansion turns deadly after a woman sings a threatening song to someone in the audience—and Inspector Felse is left to piece together the broken tune of murder. First time in paperback in the USA.

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adult
Length
medium · 220 pages

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