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Photo Finish

by Ngaio Marsh · 1980

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MURDER IN HIGH C...

A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her nerves are at the breaking point. Now her millionaire boyfriend has whisked her to a New Zealand island to recover. There she plans a performance of an aria written just for her— by her secret young lover, who, along with a bevy of envious celebrities, is also on the island. It's the perfect set-up for grand opera— wild passions...and bloody murder. And when the great singer is found dead, a photo on her bosom, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn must find out who did the diva in...

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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