#2 Cordelia Gray

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P.D. James
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Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death.
Genres: MysteryFictionCrimeDetectiveMystery ThrillerBritish LiteratureAudiobookThrillerMurder MysterySuspense
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